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What is the purpose of the exclude C$, D$ shares option on the preferences page?

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What is the purpose of the exclude C$, D$ shares option on the preferences page?

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When you select a file(s) to copy, Input Director looks to see whether that file is available in a network accessible (shared) directory. This directory needn’t be the immediate parent directory of the file in question, it could be its grandparent or great-grandparent. Many Windows systems are setup with default shared directories called C$ and D$ that represent the root directory on C: and D: respectively. The default setting for these shares is that they are locked down and not publically accessible. As such, they can act as a red-herring because with this option switched off, Input Director will find that all files on the C: and D: are network accessible, even though the permissions are almost certainly such that the user doing the pasting from a remote machine will not have access. By leaving this option on, Input Director will ignore these default shares when determining if a file on the clipboard is network accessible. You would only turn this option off if you have changed the p

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