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I'm a noob at this so I'm looking for easy, but any suggestions are welcome.

I'm looking for Windows software that will let me share files or a folder (or two) with my daughter. I'd like a GUI to run it from and it needs to be super easy for my daughter to use. She's kind of a techie as well but the easier the better.

I'd like to be able to point it to folders on my PC that I can drag/drop files to and from for her...not just media, all file types.

Thanks in advance.

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EDIT: Sorry, I should have clarified - my daughter doesn't live with me so she's not on our local network. I was looking for software that will let her see folders I specify on my PC and she can grab what she wants at any time.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I don't understand all these complicated suggestions... just install an FTP/SFTP server and call it done. You can share your entire hard drive if you want and she can connect from any web browser (or she can use dedicated FTP client software like WinSCP or FileZilla). I have been running an FTP server to share files with friends since 1994.