In our office, all of our computers are installed with WinXP OS and situated within a same LAN. Sometimes I need to access to shared folders of other computers using Network NEIBORHOOD on the desktop, or I enter a certain path in my explorer, i.e. \\computer01\\FolderName\\

But now I want to build an application that accesses to that folder without me, doing this exact operation. Instead, I want to use a commandbutton to do the whole job. As we know, if the computer in which a folder is shared, is shut down, then it won't work. So I need to detect, beforehand, whether this folder is accessible or, in the words, the computer is running.

Besides I'm thinking of a more "advanced" functionality with which I could copy files from that shared folder.

Right now I have no clues where to begin.