How to access remote computer's drives and folders from your computer through RUN window

For example if you have three computers connected to network (A, B, C) assuming A, B, C are the names of the computers and you want to access " D "drive of computer " B " from computer " A ". The procedure is

Go to START and click on RUN or hold the WINDOWS key and press R to open RUN window. Type

" \\B (computer name of computer B) or IP address of computer B\D$ " and press ENTER key. If assigned any administrator password a window will popup asking username and password of computer " B ". Enter the username and password and press ENTER key to open Drive D of computer B.

It should look like " \\B\D$ "

If you do not know the IP address of the remote computer, hold the WINDOWS key and press R to open RUN window. Type " cmd " and press ENTER key to open DOS window.  In the DOS command prompt type " ping <computer name> ". In the above example type " ping B " and press ENTER key to get the IP address of the computer " B ".

 

In the above image I am pinging the remote computer ANIL to get the IP address.

There is another way to access remote computer through WINDOWS EXPLORER. Hold the WINDOWS key and press E or hold the WINDOWS key and press R to open RUN window. Type

" explorer " and press ENTER key to open WINDOWS EXPLORER. In the ADDRESS BAR type

" \\B\D$ "