How to open file and printer shares to the internet?

How to open file and printer shares to the internet? i tried to make file and printer sharing open to the internet on NT3.51 in 1998, but it just refused to actually ever work.
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bert [Entry]

"Just looking at my machine here (unfortunately XP so admittedly not the same), if I go into the exceptions tab in firewall settings, and edit the ""File and Printer Sharing"" entry, there is an option to ""Change Scope"". This presents you with the following three options:

Any Computer (including those on the Internet)
My network (subnet) only
Custom list

Can you confirm that the port ranges you mentioned are all present in the list when you edit the File and Printer Sharing entry, and that their scopes are all set to Any?

Update: If you go to ""Windows Firewall with Advanced Security"" by clicking ""Advanced Settings"" from the left hand column on the Firewall homepage in Control Panel, you may be able to find the rule in question and edit its scope from there.

Update 2: Just seen your new screenshot, can you not change the rule from the other tabs? They both sound potentially useful!"