Running An Application On A Shared/Network Drive Via Shortcut but can't connect

Hello everyone:

Even after reading, I feel I need clarity.

I have a basic application that connects to SQL Server 2012 64 ENT on a Local Machine. All works well. I created a shortcut to the EXE file, example: myProgram.exe and place the shortcut on a shared/network drive.

I am able to run the program from all locations with access to the shared drive, however I am not able to connect to SQL Server. I enabled TCP/IP but that did not work.So before I cause more damage.

Is what I am doing workable? How do I get the app to connect to the database?

Thank you so much for reading this.