How to create a Yandex disk, upload a file to the cloud and download from it to your computer. Yandex Disk: how to use it, upload and download files, photos

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Yandex Disk, which will be discussed in this article, has been around for quite some time, and I actively use it for downloading, storing, and whatever else.

The very idea of cloud storage and data synchronization (it was first embodied in a product in 2010) is very promising and is finding an increasing number of fans among Internet users.

I have not yet had time to test all the cloud products on the market, except for Dropbox, and, but I was impressed with the capabilities of Drive.

With it, you can upload all the data that is important to you to the cloud and store it there for as long as you like.

You can work on documents located in the cloud in the office, at home, and on the road, receiving via disk free access to Microsoft Office Online.

In this case, everything will be quickly synchronized, and device failure will not lead to the loss of files, duplicates of which were automatically uploaded to Yandex.

In addition, you can upload files to Yandex Disk not only for storage, but also for transferring them to your friends, and there will be no time restrictions on their storage (using the link received, the user will be able to either download files up to 50 GB in size, or view the object you downloaded directly in the cloud storage, or save it on your Disk).

You can work with this service either through a special program for a PC or laptop, or through a mobile application. We will talk about all this in detail in the continuation of this publication.

7 reasons to choose Yandex Disk

As I already mentioned, there are quite a lot of cloud services. They are all fighting for a share of the same pie (for you and me). Naturally, any innovative solution applied in one service is immediately picked up in others. The decisive factors now are convenience, reliability and affordability.

Let's look at what the brainchild of Yandex can offer us so that we would want to start using this cloud and even pay for it. Go...

When you install the Disk application on your mobile phone or tablet, you will be able to activate auto-uploading of all photos and videos taken with your gadget’s camera to the Yandex cloud.

This function itself is very convenient and exists in many competitors. But in this case, all photos and videos from a smartphone or tablet can be download unlimited.

What does it mean? Let's say you have those 10 GB that were provided to you for free immediately after registration. You install the Yandex Disk application on all your mobile gadgets (as well as, for example, on your significant other’s gadgets) and activate unlimited auto-download of media files.

All of them will fall into the “Camera” folder in your cloud, but the space they occupy will not be taken into account in your tariff. For example, the Camera folder can store terabytes of photos and videos, but you will only have a 10 GB free plan.

You can get GB of disk space for free using promotions and promotional codes

Immediately after registering with the service, you receive as much as 10 GB (free) in your undivided possession. However, in order to popularize the service, promotions are constantly held and promotional codes are distributed to receive additional gigabytes in the Yandex cloud.

You can get from tens to hundreds of GB of storage space for free and forever (no one will take it away from you). There are people who get a quarter or more of a terabyte this way for free. Here are examples of past promotions:

How can I find out about an ongoing promotion? Everything is very simple. You register in Drive and you will receive notifications by email about the next distribution of free gigs. As you understand, Yandex mail and the cloud are essentially one service. So, the older your mailbox (account) is, the more free gigs you will receive - 1 GB per year of existence.

Anyone can use this link to view this file (if it is a document, video or photo), or download it (to their computer or to their cloud on Yandex). Unlike Dropbox, there are no special restrictions on the number and frequency of downloads (within reasonable limits, of course). At the same time, you can upload very large files to the cloud - up to 50 GB.

The cost of purchasing additional space in Yandex Cloud is low

I’m used to storing a lot of things in a cloud service (now Dropbox) - from passwords to photos from children’s albums. It turns out to be a very large volume and I don’t have enough free gigabytes on any cloud Drive. Now I have a 1 Terabyte tariff in Dropbox and I pay $99 for it annually (about 7 thousand rubles).

If we consider this Yandex service, then 1 terabyte I'll only get up to 2 thousand rubles per year, which is more than three times cheaper.

I’m about to renew my subscription in Dropbox and I’m determined to finally move to Yandex - it’s very tempting in price and almost the same in terms of capabilities.

How to create Yandex Disk and log into your page

It’s actually very simple, but I’ll still focus on simple things that new to cloud services usually remain not fully understood. Let's be brief:

The disk is created in the cloud, i.e. on servers () of Yandex. This is a physical area on server hard drives that is allocated to you for storing any files.
Access to the cloud can be obtained either through the web interface (at disk.yandex.ru), or through special programs for a PC (laptop) or for a mobile device.
Files from your disk will be accessible from anywhere in the world from any device, unless you lose the password to your Yandex account.
You can also create a copy of the disk in the cloud on your computer (full or partial). To do this, you will need to install the special Yandex.Disk 3.0 program and mark those folders from the cloud that you want to synchronize with the folder created on your computer (laptop).
On mobile devices, a copy of the entire Disk is not created - you can only upload the necessary files on the fly, or configure the storage of some of them in the memory of your device.
Remember that when you delete something from the Yandex Disk folder on your computer, you simultaneously delete it from the cloud. There is always strict synchronization here. The opposite is also true - adding something to this folder through synchronization, it will also end up in the cloud.
One “Disk” can be used from several computers and gadgets at once. This is even convenient, because it allows, for example, to exchange files with your “family” without sending them by mail. Moreover, for each computer you can configure synchronization of only certain directories (not all).
It is very convenient, in my opinion, to buy a 1 Terabyte tariff and use the cloud with the whole family. Profitable and convenient. This is not an advertisement, because there will be no profit from the fact that you buy or don’t buy the missile defense system. So, thinking out loud.

So, create Yandex Disk- first of all it’s simple create an account in Yandex(register). If you already have it, then you already have the Disk, you just didn’t know about it or didn’t pay attention. How to check?

Create or just log in?

Installation on Windows occurs in the standard way. But free cheese only comes in a mousetrap, so by default the checkboxes are checked, suggesting that you simultaneously make this a search engine, and, of course, that the same RuNet mirror will be installed.
You are free to uncheck all these boxes, but personally I like their browser, and I’ve been using their search for ten years now. So let them live:
Next, they will tell you about this wonderful program and the wonderful idea of storing files on Yandex, which allows you to access them from anywhere in the world and synchronize the contents of the cloud and the folder on your computer, as well as share some of the files for public or personal access.
Auto-upload photos and videos to Yandex.Disk from your phone
This is one of the enticements that allows you to promote the service on the market. The thing is wonderful, In fact.
Enable auto-upload of photos and videos in the application settings
After you install the Disk application on your mobile device and launch it for the first time, you will immediately be informed about this function and asked to activate it (either only when connected via Wi-Fi, or with any type of Internet connection):
There is nothing new in this. Dropbox has been automatically synchronizing photos and videos from your phone with its storage for many years now. But the trick is that in Dropbox these files eat up the disk space allocated to you, but in Yandex they seem to don't count. Even if you throw terabytes from your phone, it will not affect the size of the space allocated to you.
Synchronization itself occurs in the background from the moment you launch the application on your mobile phone:
True, if you have set a restriction in the settings to transfer photos and video materials only when connected to the Internet exclusively via Wi-Fi, then the draining of multimedia will not begin with a regular Internet connection (Yandex takes care of your paid traffic).
P.S. When the battery charge is low, the synchronization process is slowed down. Just connect the device to the charger and everything will start uploading to the cloud again. It's the same in Dropbox.

These and others startup options available in your application settings (gear in the upper left corner on iPhone):
At all YandexDisk mobile application very similar to what I'm used to in Dropbox, and this is a huge plus for me. The same four tabs at the bottom and almost the same settings available by clicking on the gear icon:
In addition to the settings for unlimited startup, here you can also see the remaining free space in the cloud, and also set a password for the application itself (to avoid it, so to speak). I just did the latter, since I plan to keep valuable information in this repository:
Mobile photos and videos from Yandex.Disk on your computer
Now let's see where to look for these graphic and video files automatically uploaded to the cloud from your phone. Logically, in cloud storage they should be in the “Camera” folder, but there is only an invitation to install the program on a PC (why is this not clear?).
In general, you will find all the photos from your mobile phone in the “Photos” and “Latest” folders on the cloud. But that is not all. For example, it’s very convenient for me to take pictures and screenshots on my mobile phone, and then automatically open them on my computer through a cloud service. I got used to this in Dropbox and don’t want to get out of the habit.
But there are no problems here. Yandex Disk perfectly knows how to synchronize everything merged from mobile gadgets with a specially created one on your computer folder “Photos and videos from Yandex.Disk”. Another thing is that by default this option is not enabled and you will need to activate it, simultaneously selecting the storage location for all this mobile junk.
To do this, right-click on the program icon in the tray and select "Settings". Go to the last tab and check the box “Copy photos and videos to your computer so you have them at hand.”
As soon as you check this box, you will be asked in a separate window select folder location(directory), where all this stuff will be automatically downloaded. Moreover, this folder will not have to be located inside the YandexDisk folder created when installing the program. Choose a location based on available space on your computer or other criteria.
When you click “OK” and “Apply”, you will be asked if you want to immediately download the video and photo files already available in the cloud that got there from your mobile gadgets.
Agree and the process will begin, and in the future you won’t have to worry about anything - downloading new media files will happen automatically.
How to use the Yandex.Disk program
However, we got a little distracted because we were installing the Y.Disk application on our computer (or laptop). Before you start uploading your files to Yandex, you will need to log in (log in with your username and password).
Sharing files and folders via YandexDisk
All files uploaded to the cloud from the Yandex Disk folder you can make it public. Not even that.
Any file or folder on your computer you can make it public. What does it mean? Well, you can send someone a link in a letter, like, look at our vacation photos. The opponent will receive this link and, by clicking on it, will calmly look at the photos you shared in this way (or any other files).
In fact, this will turn out to be an analogue of a file hosting service, but without any restrictions on storage time.
In order to make any file on your PC public (even one that is not in the YandexDisk folder), you just need to right-click on it and select the item from the context menu “Copy link to Yandex.Disk”.
Immediately after this, in the lower left corner of the screen you will see a message that the link to this file or folder has been copied to the clipboard and you can safely send it by mail, post it on a forum or on a social network.
It is noteworthy that this way you can share not only the files already in the Yandex Disk folder, but also any others on your computer. As soon as you do this, they will be automatically uploaded to the cloud storage (the program tray shortcut will turn blue during the download), and you will receive a link that you can send to your friend, publish on the website, or do something else with it.
For example, this is what the page your opponent (to whom you sent the link) will look like if you shared an entire folder of photos with him. He can view them right here (in photo gallery format), and then, if desired, he can download them to his computer (in one archive), or upload them to his cloud on Yandex disk.
This is what a presentation file that you have made public might look like (again, you can view it directly in the cloud or download it).
Right-click on the desired folder and select "Set up access"(see previous screenshot). I’ll warn you right away - don’t be alarmed if you see a whole list of people there marked “Full access” (I was scared at first). It’s just Yandex pulling your contacts from your mail, and these are just blanks for sending an invitation and they have not yet been granted any access.
You must first send an invitation to this person, having previously indicated what level of access you will give him: Full (the ability to edit and delete) or View Only. An invitation can be sent to any person - if only he had an Email. He will receive a similar letter to this same email:
If this person has an account in Yandex, then after clicking on the link, he will automatically go to his Drive, accept the invitation and see there the folder that was offered to him for shared access. If there is no account, then he will first have to create one, and only then, by clicking on this link, he will see the treasured folder. Or won't he see it?
He won't see it until he presses the button. "Accept invitation" on the left menu tab "Sharing". After this, you can search for the shared folder on the “Files” tab of the same left menu.
That's all, all that remains is to transfer office files there for collaboration or create them using the built-in Disk tools and save them in this shared folder. Voila.
What can you do by logging into your page in Yandex Drive?
Well, in general it will be possible to upload files without installing the Yandex Disk program through your mail interface. When you go into it, you will see the “Disk” tab at the top. Actually, that’s how I found out about this cloud service - I received an email with a link, following which I was encouraged to try this miracle in action.
By going to this tab, you will get all the same options for managing your files in the cloud (downloading, storage accounting, moving, etc.) as when using the desktop program.
Even a little more - it becomes possible to see the basket that is taking place, as well as view objects that are in the public domain:
Files stored in the cloud, which are marked with black circles on the right, are published, i.e. available for download by anyone who knows the download link (personally, I often use Y.Disk to upload files to it that need to be transferred to someone).
You can change the access status, as I already mentioned, using the context menu of a file or folder, called by right-clicking. You can view a list of all shared files on the “Sharing” tab.
And the most delicious feature, which is available only in the Yandex cloud web interface, is, of course, ability to view document versions and the ability to restore from one of these versions. For example, while editing a text file, you could inadvertently change (erase) something, and then save the file without noticing.
But if it is stored (synchronized) in the cloud, then it’s okay. Just go to disk.yandex.ru, go to the “Files” or “Last” tab, find this file and right-click on it. From the menu that opens, select “Change History”.
In the window that opens, you will see all versions of this file for the last two weeks (with a paid plan, changes will be stored for three months). Find the version you need using the date or simply opening them all in a row, and then restore it. All.
Go ahead. Depending on their type, many of the files downloaded and stored in Yandex can not only be downloaded, but also viewed through the web interface. These are primarily text and Word documents, pictures, music files, and something else.
All the main tools that allow you to upload, create, delete and download files are in plain sight. When downloading via the web interface, you will see 10 gigabyte limit, which is due to the imperfections of some browsers. To download larger objects, you will have to use a desktop program that can pull files weighing up to 50 GB.
You can simply upload files to this cloud dragging them with the mouse directly to the Disk page opened in the browser, or by traditionally digging into the depths of your computer through the “Download” button in the upper left corner of the Disk web interface.
In the download dialog, you can immediately make this object public and immediately copy a link to it.
Yandex cloud in your pocket
The interface of the mobile versions of Yandex Disk is very similar to the Dropbox I have already described (the link to the article is at the beginning of this publication). Application version for iOS (iPad and iPhone) can be downloaded, and for Android — .
You can simply use your smartphone:
Just switch your phone to photo mode and bring it to the screen - the phone itself will prompt you to follow the link:
I use Yandex disk on my iPhone SE and find it quite convenient (although I also work with Dropbox in parallel, because one does not interfere with the other). When you first enter this application, you will immediately be prompted to activate auto-download and storage of photos and videos captured on the gadget in a folder specially created in this cloud (unlimited). I have already written about this in detail and will not repeat it.
If you initially rejected startup and have now changed your mind, this option can be activated in application settings(gear in the upper left corner).
There you can also choose when to upload new photos and videos from your iPad to the Yandex cloud - when working via Wi-Fi or always:
In general, the interface of the mobile version of the YandexDisk program is very simple and understandable:
This mobile application will allow you to view most of the files stored on Yandex, and you can try to open what doesn’t work in a specialized application on your tablet or smartphone.
You can see various icons to the right of files and folders. A chain means that you have made this file or directory public (created a link to it and possibly shared it with someone). The airplane icon means "Offline mode", i.e. this file or folder is located not only in the cloud and on your gadget (in its memory).
In general, this is very convenient and significantly saves traffic. Let's say you're connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi at home and you can easily upload movies, photos, books, etc. to the Yandex cloud. rubbish. Then open Drive on your phone and make each of these files available offline:

Yandex Disk is a free cloud storage from the Yandex company for storing data on remote servers on the Internet. On this service, the user can store his files, which will always be at hand if he has access to the Internet.

Data from the cloud will be available to you from anywhere there is an Internet connection. Files placed in file storage are not tied to a specific computer, phone or other device.

The data is physically located in the cloud and can be accessed from any device. You can start working with documents in one place, and after a while finish the work from another place or from another device.

You can upload files to Yandex.Disk from a computer or mobile phone, using a special application, or through the cloud storage web interface. Files placed on Disk are synchronized between devices.

You can share files with your friends by giving them a link to any file from the Yandex Disk cloud storage.

Key features of the Yandex Disk cloud

Yandex Disk is linked to your Yandex email account. All Yandex mail users receive a certain amount of space in cloud storage.

The disk is available for use on all major operating systems: Windows, macOS, Linux (using a console client), and on mobile devices running Android or iOS.

This free cloud storage allows you to store files up to 10 GB indefinitely. Files located in cloud storage are scanned by Dr.Web anti-virus.

Main features of the Yandex Disk cloud:

storing files on a remote server;

synchronization between devices;

sharing files using public links;

providing access to viewing or editing files in the storage;

checking downloaded files using an antivirus;

transferring files over an encrypted connection;

playback of multimedia data: video and audio files;

viewing files of graphic formats;

viewing text format files;

access to built-in Office functions online: Word, Excel, PowerPoint;

support for access to Yandex Disk via the WebDAV protocol.

Agree, it’s a good set of functions, and they’re also provided for free.

How to use Yandex Disk

In order to start using Yandex.Disk cloud file storage, you must complete the following steps:

Go to Yandex email.
Enter your email details and then click on the “Login” button.
On the email mailbox page, in the menu there is a “Disk” button, which you need to click to enter cloud storage from Yandex mail.

If you have already logged into your email account and your browser remembers your choice, to log into the cloud you just need to click on the “Disk” link in the Yandex mailbox login form.

If you do not have a mailbox on Yandex, then you will need to create an email there. This action will only take a few minutes. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the cloud storage.

Another login option: from the Yandex main page. In the email login menu, click on the “Disk” link. After this, you will log into the Yandex.Disk cloud storage through the browser web interface.

By default, the user receives 10 GB of free cloud storage space for free. Previously, this disk size was provided for certain actions, during which the user learned to use the Disk.

The cloud service can be used through the web interface from Yandex mail by going to the “Disk” tab.

After clicking on a file that is in the storage, you can perform certain actions with this file: view if it is a graphic file or multimedia file, download the file to your computer, or copy, move, rename, delete.

After this, a link to download the file appears in the field under the switch; you can copy it or send it to the recipient by clicking on the button to enter the mailbox, or on the social network buttons.

Working through the web interface in Yandex Disk, the user can open a large number of files of different formats without downloading them to his computer.

Online support for the following formats is available to the user in Yandex Disk:

DOC/DOCX, XSL/XSLX, PPT/PPTX, ODS, ODP, OpenDocument, CSV, RTF, TXT, PDF;
JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, EPS, PSD, NEF, CDR, AI;
MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV;
ZIP, RAR, Tar;
MP3, AAC, MKA;
FB2, EPUB;

The user can view documents in text formats, images, video and audio files, open archives, and view books.

Free Microsoft cloud office services are integrated into Yandex Disk: Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online. Thanks to this, the user can create and save a document, spreadsheet or presentation directly in the cloud by logging into Drive from any device.

Yandex Disk supports connection via the WebDAV protocol. Therefore, you can connect as a network drive in Explorer.

For the convenience of storing files on your computer, you can move the Yandex Disk folder to another partition of your computer’s disk. Read more about this.

Yandex Disk application

The service can be used without using a web interface through Yandex mail. The user can install a special application on the computer - the Yandex.Disk program for the convenience of working with the storage. After installing the program on your computer, access to Yandex Disk will appear from Explorer and from the notification area after clicking on the application icon.

After installing the client application on your computer, a separate disk called “Yandex.Disk” will be displayed in Explorer. The Disk icon is located in the notification area (tray), and a program shortcut will appear on the Desktop.

If you double-click on the disk icon with the left mouse button, you will see the “Yandex.Disk” folder. A green checkmark on the icon indicates that the Disk is synchronized. The “Yandex.Disk” folder already contains “Documents” and “Music” folders for storing the corresponding files.

You can store files in these folders, delete these folders, rename them, or create other folders, or simply place files in Yandex.Disk directly without placing them in folders.

You can add files to Disk by simply dragging the mouse or using the standard method: copying or cutting.

Files are deleted from Disk in the same way as files are deleted from any other folder; when you right-click on a file, you must select “Delete” from the context menu, in which case the file is placed in the trash.

To move a file to or from a computer, the easiest way is to simply drag the file from Disk with the mouse, or drag the file to the Yandex.Disk folder.

By right-clicking on the “Yandex.Disk” icon from the notification area, you can manage the program settings. Right-click on the icon, in the menu that opens, click on the gear icon (settings), then a context menu for managing Disk will open.

A message indicating that the file is being opened appears in the Notification Panel. Link copied to clipboard.

In the new Yandex.Disk window, you must click on the “Download” button to download the file to your computer, or click on the “Save to Yandex.Disk” button to save the file in the user’s cloud storage.

You can view some files without downloading them if you click on the “View” link.

The program will be updated from time to time, and reminders about this will periodically pop up from the Notification Panel.

Files deleted from Disk are not immediately deleted from the cloud storage; they first go to the Recycle Bin. You need to remember this because deleted files that are in the Recycle Bin continue to take up useful space in your storage. This is done so that within 30 days the user has the opportunity to restore his data in case of mistaken deletion.

To completely delete files from cloud storage, you will need to click on the trash can image in the right side column.

Expanding free free space in Yandex Disk

You'll end up with 11GB of storage space, and you can further increase your cloud storage capacity up to 20GB by issuing invitations to other users. For one invitee, your storage capacity will increase by 0.5 GB. The person you invite will receive 1 GB of additional disk space.

Currently, when downloading photos and videos from mobile devices, the space occupied by these files is not taken into account in the total storage volume (unlimited storage).

Conclusions of the article

The free service Yandex.Disk for storing files will be useful for those users who do not have enough space on the hard drive of their computer to store their data, or so that the user has the opportunity to exchange their files with other users.

Method 1: When the file is placed in the cloud

Immediately after, the opportunity to generate an address leading to it is available. To do this, you need to set the slider next to the name of the uploaded file to the position "On". After a few seconds, a link will appear nearby.

All you have to do is click on it and choose how you would like to apply it: simply copy it, send it via social networks or email.

Method 2: If the file is already in the cloud

Method 3: Yandex Disk program

The dedicated Windows application also provides the ability to share storage contents. To do this, you should go to the “clouds” folder, open the context menu of the desired file and click "Yandex.Disk: Copy public link".

A message in the tray will confirm that everything worked out, which means that the received address can be inserted anywhere using a key combination Ctrl+V.

Attention! To perform the above steps, synchronization must be enabled in the program.

How to check files available to other users

A list of such files and folders is available in the section "Links".

How to remove a link

If you want to ensure that no one else has access to a file or folder on your Yandex Disk, then this function can be disabled. To do this, simply set the slider to position "Off" and confirm the action.

File sharing is a service that is provided by many services. Such as, for example, Google Docs, Evernote, etc. Yandex is not lagging behind in this. By creating a shared folder on your Yandex disk, you can work on the files in it with the whole team. You don’t have to think about how to coordinate work on documents, where to store them, or how to synchronize changes. Yandex will take care of this itself.

How to organize collaboration on Yandex disk

What benefits does organizing collaboration provide? This is the ability to view, edit, and rename files by any person who has the appropriate rights to do so. They are configured by the owner of the folder on Yandex disk.

Let's look at the sequence of actions in order to make a folder shared and start working together on a project.

Select the folder in which the shared files will be located.
In the properties panel on the right, click the “Make folder public” button.

A list of your contacts will appear. Specify the users who need access, configure rights (view only or full access) and click the “Invite” button.

If the contact you need is not in the list, enter his e-mail in the field above and, specifying the rights, send an invitation.

Note: In the picture above, the contact list has been erased for privacy reasons.

To access the folder, users must have a Yandex account!

After you click the “Invite” button, the person at the specified email address will receive a letter. It will indicate that you have opened access to your folder. If the user accepts the invitation, a copy of your “open” folder will be created in his Yandex disk folder.

If the respondent does not have a Yandex account, he will be asked to create one.

User rights

When you assign rights to work with a folder, you thereby determine the set of actions that will be available to users.

View only. Involves reading and downloading files from a shared folder. You cannot add or change files. A person with such a set of rights acts as an observer.
Full access. This means that the user is allowed to do everything: read, download, rename, change, delete and publish (distribute a public link) files from the folder.

You must absolutely trust the person to whom you are granting full rights. On the other hand, don't worry too much. You can always block access to all members of your team or just some. If an attacker deletes files, you can restore them from the Recycle Bin.

How to change rights and deny access

When working together on documents stored on Yandex disk, you can change the rights of any user or deny access to files at any time.

For this:

Select a shared folder.
In the properties panel, use the “Configure access” button. Here you can see a list of e-mails of users who have access to the folder.

A list of contacts will open. It will identify those who have accepted the offer to work together and indicate their rights.

Change the set of rights, if necessary, or completely deny access to the folder. To do this, select “No access” from the list of rights. If you decide to deny access to all users, use the "Deny access to all" button at the bottom of the window.
A user whose access to a folder is denied will have its copy on his Yandex Disk deleted!

Which folders cannot be accessed?

Not all folders on Yandex disk can be used for collaboration. This rule applies to:

Folders that you do not own.
Folders that contain public folders (that is, open to the public).
Folders that are inside a shared folder.

What operations can be performed with public folders and possible problems

Let me remind you that each participant in a joint project creates a copy of the common pack in his Yandex storage and any actions with it are limited only to this copy. Wherein:

All users can rename and move the shared folder on your Yandex Disk.
Any user can opt out of the shared folder and delete it.
If the owner of the folder deletes it, then everyone will lose access To her.

In the next article you will learn about the integration of Yandex Disk with social networks and other service capabilities.

Method 1: When the file is placed in the cloud

All you have to do is click on it and choose how you would like to apply it: simply copy it, send it via social networks or email.

Method 2: If the file is already in the cloud

Method 3: Yandex Disk program

A message in the tray will confirm that everything worked out, which means that the received address can be inserted anywhere using a key combination Ctrl+V.

Attention! To perform the above steps, synchronization must be enabled in the program.

How to check files available to other users

A list of such files and folders is available in the section "Links".

How to remove a link

The files that you delete from the Yandex.Disk folder will be moved to Cart.

Files moved to the Recycle Bin continue to take up space on your Disk. If you don't have enough space, empty your Trash.

To empty the Recycle Bin on Disk, open the Yandex.Disk folder, right-click on the Recycle Bin and select the item from the menu Yandex.Disk: Empty Trash.

Shared files and folders

A file selection dialog will open in which you can select any file on your computer. If you select a file that has not yet been uploaded to Disk, the program automatically copies the file to the root folder of Yandex.Disk, uploads it to the server, and copies the public link to the clipboard.

Similarly, you can grant access to a folder. In the menu you need to select Sharing - Select a folder and share.

In the window that opens, you need to select a folder, after which the Yandex.Disk web interface will open in which you need to click the Open access to folder button

In the window that opens, enter the e-mail of the required people and send an invitation. Here you need to select access rights.

Use in the educational process

It is very convenient to use this opportunity to check coursework and dissertations. The teacher creates folders for himself according to the last names of students and gives these students full access (each to his own folder). The student, of course, must also have Yandex.Disk installed.

The student writes the work and saves it in a folder with his name on his computer. When the Internet is connected (and of course it is connected, because the student writes the work as if by himself), the file is automatically synchronized with the server and with a folder located on the teacher’s computer. Moreover, this happens every time the file is saved.

The teacher can also open this file, read, scribble, check, comment, highlight with a marker, etc. Once saved, the file will be synced again. There is no need to carry it on a flash drive or send it by email. The file is already in the right place (the main thing is that it is at the right time).

Thus, the file has at least three copies and before submitting the work, the student’s excuse like “... just yesterday the computer broke down, the system crashed, the viruses were overcome” will not work!

Cloud storage has become a part of our online life, and since everything is interconnected, these storages also bring benefits offline, such as downloading a book or a photo. You already know how Google Drive works, now let’s look at it instructions for using Yandex Disk .

Search Yandex Disk. We will be in the same place as the Yandex wallet - on the Yandex Internet portal at yandex.ru.

The screenshot shows that the Yandex Disk button is in three places, select any one, click and the Yandex Disk page will open. To work with Yandex Disk, you need to create an email account on Yandex. I already have an email account on Yandex, I think you already created it when you opened your Yandex wallet.

Clicked and got this picture.

At the top of the Disk there is a menu. In the picture, the Files tab is open. Here you can upload files, create folders, move files from one folder to another, that is, perform all actions with folders and files. that you do on your computer. I think it’s clear how to download a file, after downloading it will go to the Downloads folder, and then you can distribute it into folders. And to do this, you need to create folders and give them a name so that everything is organized.

Click on the plus sign next to the word Upload and your new folder will appear on the right. Delete the name and write your own, what you need. The same window shows all the actions that can be done with the folder. Let's look from top to bottom, from left to right, because this is the most important thing you need to know and be able to do on Yandex Disk. You can immediately open the folder; in fact, we create folders mostly to look into them. Next, download it to your computer and delete it. When you click on the next button, a menu will open, from which all possible actions are clear.

Choose what you need and act. For example, if you select the Move button, a window will appear and you will be asked Where should I move the folder?

Click on the folder where you decide to move it and click the Move button.
Let's go lower. The Make folder public button allows you to make the folder accessible not only for reading, but also for adding or changing files attached to it. That is, you and someone else are the full owners of this folder, and the folder will be the same for each of you on his Yandex Disk. Click this button and add friends for access.

Write your email address, select the access level - full or read-only and click the Invite button. At the bottom there is a button to invite friends from Facebook, why only from there is unclear, probably as the most advanced ones. Invited, click Close and move on.

Click the Off button and get a full link.

We’ll look at the next tabs a little later, but for now I’ll tell you that I forgot something, namely that Yandex Disk is already loaded on my computer, and you have to do it.

Let's go back to the beginning. You have opened an email and entered the Yandex Disk page. The first thing they show you.

Yes, you will be offered to download the Disk to your computer, I advise you to do this, then the files on the Disk will be available to you without an Internet connection. You download the Disk, the picture shows where you can then look for it. I'll show you where the Disk is located on my computer.

Pay attention to the Disk icon on the Taskbar. You can open the Yandex Disk folder directly from there and not only open it, but perform all the necessary actions with Yandex Disk.

And the Yandex Disk folder itself looks like an ordinary folder on a computer.

So, you can upload files to Yandex Disk directly to the Disk folder on your computer, and then Enable synchronization and the content of Disk on your computer and on the Internet will become the same. And then you’ll take care of the access levels of your folders.

Let's continue exploring the Yandex Disk menu. Camera tab. Look at the picture, everything is clear, there is nothing to add. I'll add it though. Yandex Disk is available on any device - computer, tablet, phone. The disk downloads photos automatically: from your phone whenever there is internet, and from your camera every time you connect to a computer.

Let's see how this works using Odnoklassniki as an example. I press the Odnoklassniki button. A window appears asking you to allow access.

I allow the next step.

The following menu tabs Public Folders and Links duplicate the actions that we have already discussed in actions with a folder. Or rather, they do not duplicate, and inside these tabs only those folders that are common and only those files and folders to which you provide links are collected.

Next tab is Cart. Don't forget to clean! That's all, use Yandex Disk with benefit and pleasure, and see you on the pages of Computer ABC pro100.

I forgot to tell you that when you download Yandex Disk, a very convenient application will be installed on your computer - Screenshots in Yandex Disk and we will talk about this next time.

Yandex Disk who sees my files, local disks: Yandex Disk. Installation, capabilities, application

We have already organized a local network and now we need to figure out how to share access to drive D.

Perhaps someone will ask: why this particular disc? Yes, because, ironically, this is the most popular node during setup, since it comes immediately after the system C. At least when setting up a network in accounting offices, this is definitely the most popular letter.

So, guys, in fact, a very similar topic has already been discussed in detail on this blog, only there the conversation was about organizing access to the folder:

Although, to be honest, these processes are absolutely identical. But today we will additionally consider some new nuances. So let's start the story slowly.

It is also worth saying that all settings will be carried out using the example of Windows 10. But there is a complete analogy with earlier systems such as Win 7 and 8.

So, first of all, look for the “My Computer” section on the desktop:

In it we find the treasured disk and right-click on it. In the context menu that opens, select “Properties”:

Then follow the path “Access-Advanced Settings”:

In the next step, check the box next to “Share this folder”:

In principle, the settings described above are enough for all users of the local network to gain access to the drive with the letter D. But with this layout, they will only be able to view all the files stored on it.

If you need to give rights to edit or change content, then you need to click on the “Permissions” button and specify the necessary permissions:

That's all, in fact, general access to the disk is open. Similar steps should be taken on all computers on the local network. Now let's talk about the nuances.

If suddenly all of the above actions did not lead to anything and there is still no access to it, then the first thing to do is to restart the computer. According to the author, this is the most effective technique when working with technology 😉

There are also cases when, when accessing a disk with public access, the system still asks for a password. Then you need to go back to the settings section, which is shown in the picture above, and select “Add”. Then click on "Advanced":

In the window that opens, click the “Search” button, after which in the list that appears, place the cursor on the line “All”:

Now click on “OK” and see the result of the entire operation:

What else can be said about this topic? For example, you can take note of the fact that all the described actions and settings are very convenient to perform in a popular file manager Total Commander:

At least, much more convenient than in the standard Windows operating system explorer. And if you consider that we will already be connecting a network drive, then this is simply an irreplaceable program.

Well, okay, this completes the topic of how to share access to drive D. Although in fact, why does this particular letter pop up again, because the partitions on the hard drive

That's all for now. As always, ask your questions in the comments to the post. We will definitely help you in any way we can. Now let's relax and watch another interesting video together.

Sharing setup, which unites several computers in your home and greatly simplifies working with files. Opening folders for public access allows them to be viewed on another computer within the created home network, and now you will not need to save files on two devices, since you can simply open it on another computer. This way you can share access to your local disk. It should be noted that in order to work with files on different computers, they must have the same workgroup. In this step-by-step instruction with photos, you will learn how to share files and folders in the Windows 10 operating system.

How to check a workgroup in Windows 10

Let's start by checking the computer's workgroup. To do this, click the "Start" button and select the "Settings" line.

Now click “About” and check that all computers have the same “WORKGROUP” entry in the “Organization” line.

How to share a folder in Windows 10

To share a folder, you need to “go” to it. To do this, double-click with the left mouse button on the “This PC” icon on the desktop.

Now right-click on the line with the folder name and click “Properties” in the context menu.

You can share folders on Drive with friends or colleagues. Once they have access, they will see a copy of the shared folder in their Drive.

Full folder access will allow members to edit your files and upload new ones.

This way you can work on the same data together.
1. Folder Access
Access rights
Actions on shared folders
Comments on public folders

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Folder Access

Folder access

View only - permission to view and download files from the shared folder.

In this case, the participant will not be able to change or add files either on the service page or using programs or applications. (The Yandex.Disk program does not synchronize changes that a participant with limited access has made to a shared folder on his computer.)

Full control - permission to upload new files, change files (rename, edit, publish) and delete them.

A list of folders that you have opened or accessed can be seen on the page. Each shared folder is marked with an icon.

Access rights

All members can rename and move the shared folder in their Drive. This does not affect granted or received access rights in any way.
Each participant can refuse access to the shared folder by deleting its copy from their Drive.
If the owner of a shared folder deletes it, all members will lose access rights to the folder.

Actions on shared folders

Members of a shared folder can leave comments on the folder and files inside it, reply to comments, and put Likes and Dislikes. All participants can comment, regardless of access rights.

To leave a comment:

Select a shared folder or a file in a shared folder.
Click the link Write a comment or a link with the number of comments (in the right panel).

You cannot change your comment after publication, but you can delete it and write a new one.

The owner of a shared folder can delete comments from all participants.

When a shared folder member leaves a comment, you'll see a toast notification in the top right corner of the screen. Information about this will also appear in the list of all notifications. To view all notifications, tap the icon. If you don't want to receive pop-up notifications for likes and comments, click the By God, working as an administrator (even when I was setting up client computers) never
there was no proposal to create a “home group”. This is probably why everything works))

Disconnect (exit) from the home group, and never use this tool - in general, a strange crutch from MS.
The general order is:
On all computers on the network, this is done once.
1. Right-click on the network icon in the tray, open the “Network and Sharing Center”.
Network type - set “Enterprise network” or “Private network” (this is essentially the same thing).
Select (expand) the current profile ("Private Network"), set there:
- Disable network discovery;
- Enable file and printer sharing;
- Use user accounts and passwords;
Select (expand) “All networks”, put there:
- Sharing access to public folders - disable;
- File sharing connections - use 128-bit encryption;
- Sharing with password protection - enable.
And yes, the Windows Firewall service must be enabled- otherwise some “optimizers” or users themselves turn it off after reading advice from the Internet.
We close the windows.

On computers where folders/drives will be shared (this is also done once):
2. Create additionally one (or several, if necessary) users in the system. It is advisable to create it in the "Users" group ( Not"Administrators"). Why? No big deal.
This user has Necessarily there must be a password, even the simplest one.
You can create the same user on all computers where you plan to share resources - for convenience.

3. Share the required folders/drives: right-click on the desired folder/drive, “Properties”, “Access” tab.
There, click the button in the middle “Advanced settings” (the “Sharing” button don't press).
Check the “Share this folder” checkbox, change the name if desired, click the “Permissions” button, and set the “Edit” + “Read” rights for “Everyone”.
Close the window and click the "Caching" button. There we select the option “Files and programs in this folder are not available offline” (it is the middle of the three). Close the window, close the sharing settings window.
"Properties" window of the folder/disk for now Not closing.

4. In the “Properties” window of the folder/disk, switch to the adjacent “Security” tab.
There we add the user created in step 2 and assign the necessary rights to him. Usually "Read" + "Change" is enough.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all required folders/drives.
Sharing is complete.

Connecting to a shared resource.
5. On the computer from which we plan to connect to the shared folder/drive: open “Explorer” (aka “Explorer”), delete everything at the top in the address bar and manually enter an address like
\\192.168.0.xxx
and press "Enter".
where 192.168.0.xxx is the IP address of the computer whose resources we want to access.
You can, of course, use the computer name, but sometimes it works unstable, and access by IP address is always accurate. Naturally, the computer’s IP address must be permanent (fixed).
After this, a window will appear asking for a login and password - indicate the user credentials created in step 2. If desired (at home - recommended), check the "Save password" checkbox.
Voila, you have received a list of available shared folders/drives.

6. After that, either open the desired folder, or right-click on it and create a shortcut - it will be on the desktop (then you can move it to any location), or connect this folder as a network drive - convenient if you need constant access to this folder.

We repeat steps 5 and 6 for all network resources that we want to connect.

Of course, it looks dreary if you’re not used to it, but everything is done once and works like reinforced concrete.

The purpose of a local network is to organize access to the resources of other computers, such as hard drives, printers, files, folders, etc. To gain access, you must open network access to these resources and specify user rights to work with each of them. Next, we will learn how to organize network access to files and folders, as well as map network drives.

Network access to files and folders

Each user of a home local network can open access to the drives of their computer, which will allow them to view, change and save files on these drives, create and delete folders, play music files stored on the computer, install various programs from the hard drive, etc. In addition, it is often necessary to share access to a DVD optical drive, a network hard drive, a music center connected to the network, and any other network devices.

To give other local network users access to your computer's drives, follow these steps.

1. Select a team Start>My Computer.
2. Right-click on the icon of the disk that you want to open access to over the network, and select the command from the menu that appears Properties.
3. In the window that opens Properties: local disk go to the tab Access.
4. In the section Network sharing and security check the box , then enter in the field Share name network name of the drive. The name will appear in the folder network for other local network users.

5. To allow network users to have full access to the drive and be able to create, delete, move, and rename files on the hard drive, select the checkbox . When the checkbox is not selected, users will be able to access the disk in Only reading.
6. Click the button OK.

Now the drive that is accessible from the local network will be shown in the folder My computer. The disk icon will be accompanied by the image of an open palm.

Do not share the drive or partition on which Windows XP is installed. If one of the local network users accidentally or intentionally deletes, renames or moves system files, you will be left without a working operating system, which will most likely have to be reinstalled again.

Disk D: shared access.

Although you can share an entire disk or disk partition, it is generally not recommended to share it. Users of the local network, having received such broad powers, will be able to accidentally or intentionally delete, rename or change files intended only for personal use. The best option is to open access not to the entire disk, but to one folder intended for sharing. You can assign a special network name to such a folder.

By the way, Windows XP already has folders that are initially shared. One such folder is called General documents. It contains general subfolders Video (general), Music (general) And Drawings (general). This folder is located at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents and is specially designed for data exchange over the network. If you don’t like this folder, then any other folder on your computer can also be shared.

1. Open a window My computer and go to the desired drive, then create a folder with any name that you want to make accessible from the local network. You can also select an existing folder.
2. Right-click on the folder icon and select Properties.
3. In the window that opens Properties go to the tab Access.
4. In the section Network sharing and security check the box Share this folder. Enter in the field Network resource network name of the folder (any name is allowed).
5. To allow users full network access, select the checkbox Allow modification of files over the network.
6. Click the button OK.

How to connect a network drive

As mentioned earlier, you can set up remote access to any computer folder on the local network. However, you can go even further and create a network drive mapped to this folder. Network drives are displayed in the window My computer on a par with regular local disks. You can access them and work with their contents in the same way as you would with the contents of your local hard drive. You can connect a network drive to the system as follows.

1. Open the menu Start and right click on the link My computer.

2. Select the command from the pop-up menu .

3. A window will open .

4. Select from the menu Disk drive letter that will be used for connection.
5. In the field Folder enter the path to the desired folder in the format \\computer_name\folder or click on the button Review and select the required folder.
6. If you want the connection to the network drive to be automatically restored every time you turn on the computer, check the box Restore on login. Click the button Ready.

The icon of the created network drive will appear in the window My computer with the selected drive letter and the network name of the computer to which it belongs.

For example, look at the picture below. Designating a network drive as

Pyrocar says:

This is because you do not need to enter the IP address in the folder line when connecting a network drive. You need to click browse and wait until Windows finds the computers by name. Why does Windows search for local drives or just computers by computer names, so that the drive or something else works when the IP address changes? That is, it was independent of the ip, but on the local network.

But if it doesn’t see it on Windows 7, then you need to specify the same workgroup - that is, the name should be the same.

On Windows 7, it would be nice to disable the password for accessing the network drive, so as not to have to worry about the password.

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