IWindowsMediaLibrarySharingServices::put_userHomeMediaSharingState method (wmlss.h)

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12/05/2018

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The put_userHomeMediaSharingState method enables or disables sharing of the current user's media library on the home network.

Syntax

HRESULT put_userHomeMediaSharingState(
  VARIANT_BOOL sharingEnabled
);

Parameters

sharingEnabled

A VARIANT_BOOL that specifies whether sharing is enabled (VARIANT_TRUE) or disabled (VARIANT_FALSE) for the current user.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method succeeded.

Remarks

If home media sharing is not allowed for the computer, other users will not have access to the current user's media library, regardless of whether home media sharing is enabled for the current user.

If home media sharing is allowed for the computer and home media sharing is enabled for the current user, other users on the home network will have access to the current user's media library.

Warning��If home media sharing is enabled for the current user, the computer updates the access control list (ACL) of each file in the user's media library to grant Read access to the NT SERVICE\WMPNetworkSvc account. This behavior might change in future versions of Windows.

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Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows�7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server�2008�R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	wmlss.h (include Wmlss.h)
DLL	WMPMediaSharing.dll

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