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Windows 2000's Wireless Link program lets you transfer data to other Windows 2000 or Windows 98 computers with infrared devices. Windows 2000 automatically detects other infrared devices (including other computers in close proximity) and displays the Wireless Link icon in the Taskbar and on the Desktop. There are several ways that you can transfer files between systems. You can use the Wireless Link object in the Control Panel to specify files to copy and a destination, drag files to the Wireless Link icon, or use the Send To command on a file's context menu to send the file through the infrared link. If you prefer to use a command console to transfer the files, use the Infrared File Transfer program (Irftp.exe) included with Windows 2000. To find Irftp.exe, go to the %systemroot%System32 folder. When used without any parameters, Irftp opens the Wireless Link dialog box, which you can use to select the files to send. 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