Connecting to file system path via ALIAS

[Jen Liao <jen.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am having problems mapping to a file systems path on the local windows box using the Apache ALIAS command. The directory is
c:\shared_docs\release


In httpd.conf i have 

<IfModule alias_module>


    Alias /release "c:/shared_docs/release" 
    <Directory "c:/shared_docs/release">
       Options Indexes 
       AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
       EnableSendfile On

        AuthType Basic

        AuthName "Release downloads on svntest"
        AuthUserFile c:/password/password-release
        Require valid-user
    </Directory>


</IfModule>


When browsing,  i keep getting "Firefox can't find the file at http://svntest/release/"

Permissions for the c:\shared_docs\release is fully granted.


I've tried to use slashes in different directions but no luck. 

My environment is windows XP
Apache 2.28
Trac 0.11.2.1

Can someone pls point me in the right direction.

Thanks


J.