What version of LabVIEW are you using? Are you deploying the Shared Variable with LabVIEW Project? Are you running LabVIEW Real-Time? Do you have a Remote declared in the Project? If so, simply put the Shared Variable Library (in Project Explorer) on the Remote and tell it to Deploy -- it should (automatically) go to the right place.
Note that the note you cite is from LabVIEW 8.2.1, which was one of the earliest implementations of Shared Variables. There have been many changes in the last 5-7 years ...
Bob Schor