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How to configure folders to share media with a Media Center Extender

This article describes how to configure folders to share media that is stored on a Windows Media Center-based PC between the computer and a Media Center Extender.

This article discusses the following topics:• Configure permissions to the folders to which you want to have access
• Share digital media files that are stored on a Windows XP Media Center PC
• Share digital media files that are stored on a Windows Vista-based Media Center PC
• Add folders that contain digital media to the Media Center Extender
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With a Media Center Extender, you can enjoy anywhere in your home media that is stored on a Windows Media Center PC. After you add an Extender to a computer that is running Media Center, you can add digital media files to the libraries of the Extender. On the Extender, you can specify the folders on the Media Center PC or on the local network that contain digital media files that you want to access by using the Extender. After you specify the folders, the files in these folders are available to you in the picture, video, and music libraries of the Extender.

More info on connecting a Vista Media Center PC to an MCExtender