Recycle Bin
To protect your data from accidental deletion, you may configure your LinkStation to use a recycle bin instead of
deleting files immediately. The recycle bin will only work with SMB connections.
Read-only Shares
By default, new shares are set with read and write access, but you may change the attribute to “Read Only” in
“Attribute”. Read-only shares and HFS+ formatted USB hard drives will have “Read-only” added to the shared folder
description.
Hidden Shares
If hidden shares is enabled, shared SMB folders will not be displayed in Network, and only certain users are allowed
to access them. To hide a shared SMB folder, follow the instructions below.
1 In Advanced Settings, navigate to File Sharing - Folder Setup and choose a shared folder to configure hidden
shares. A USB drive is not available for a hidden share.
2 Check “Hidden Share (SMB Only)” and click OK.
Note: If protocols other than “SMB” or “Backup” under “LAN Protocol Support” are enabled, the hidden shares option
will be grayed out and cannot be selected.
To access a hidden folder, open File Explorer in your computer and enter “\\LinkStation’s name\Shared folder
names$\” for the name. For example, if the LinkStation name is “LSXXX001” and shared folder name is “share”, enter
“\\LSXXX001\share$\” to open it.
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