Hi CHuck

I don't know if you've fixed this yet, but I've had the same sort of thing
before trying to run a setup routine.

I got round it in two ways

1. Copy the exe to the local machine and run it.
2. Map the network drive it's on (temporarily) to a drive letter.

HTH


"Chuck Anderson" <websiteaddress@seemy.sig> wrote in message
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>s this simply not possible over a Windows XP LAN?
>
> I have a wireless network in my home with one remote computer. I have
> shared a folder containing installation files. Some are zip files, others
> are executables. I want to install software on the remote machine by
> opening shared .exe installation files, but when I try to Open them,
> nothing happens. I can see why this might be considered a security risk,
> but is there a way to tell Windows XP to open them anyway? (I have
> already disabled the firewall.)
>
> TIA,
> Chuck