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Date Last Reviewed:
03/02/2007

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Disabling File Sharing in Bearshare

Step 1
Choose Setup menu > Click Sharing...

Step 2
In SetUp dialog box > choose each listed directory below where it states Share the files in these directories and their sub-directories > choose Remove

Step 3
Click OK

Congratulations! You have now successfully disabled file sharing on your computer for BearShare.

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