[MikeDubreuil]

What you need to setup is called an alias. Technically, an alias maps to a directory that is not in the web server's document root. I would try modifying the Apache config file with something like the following:

Alias /shareware_dir "X:\shareware\"
<Directory "X:\shareware">
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
       AllowOverride All
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
</Directory>