Seeing Connection Failed message, but everything works, I think....

I have several apple computers - iMac-27, iMac-20, MacMini, and a MacBook Pro.
I am able to "see" all my "remote" machines in Finder under the "SHARED" section - all part of my Back To My Mac grouping.
When I select one of them with the intention of Share Screen, the "Connection Failed..." message appears, and I select "Share Screen..." and everything seems to be working fine.
Am I missing something here?
Jim P

Hi, Web dude -
Stop (or quit) Classic. Then look in the Servers folder in OS 9's System Folder. Clear out any aliases you find in there.
Small possibility, but one of these may also be at play:
- Look in the Apple Menu Items folder in OS 9's System Folder; locate and open the Recent Servers folder, if present. Clean that folder out.
- Look in the Startup Items folder in OS 9's System Folder; remove the alias for anything not present on the hard drive.
Then restart Classic to test.

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