Windows 10: ES File Explore: unable to login to shares on one particular hard driv

My PC is a Windows 10 with 2 internal drives (C:, H and 2 external drives (D:, F:, G. I have various shares setup across all the drives so I can access them remotely on our home network.

From my Android 7, using ES File Explore, I can access shares on D:, F: and G: but not H:. I eventually found a security error so I backed up the files to another external drive, reformatted drive H: and restored files. I then recreated the 3 shares.

The problem only exists when trying to access these shares from ES File Explorer on my Android 7.

I get the error message:

Login fails
This may be caused by:
- WLAN is off
- SMB server is out of network space
- The IP is invalid
- Blocked by the firewall
- SMB service is off

Since I am able to access all the other shared directories I know it is specific to just this one internal hard drive. I have no problems when I use any other Windows 10 device on our LAN or even my old iPhone (which I use like a tablet and not a phone).

I have been struggling with this problem for a VERY long time and am utterly frustrated. I really hope someone can help me.

Android 7
o/s version 6.0.1
kernel version 3.4.0-gad29d11
build MOB30X

ES File Explorer, Pro version 1.0.9

Windows 10 x64, v1607 OS Build 14393.1593
Network & Sharing Center -> Advanced sharing settings
Private

• Turned on network discovery, automatic
• File & Printer sharing -> turned on
• HomeGroup connections: allow windows

Guest or Public

• Network discovery on (used to be off)
• File & Printer sharing -> turned on

All Networks

• Public -> turned on sharing
• Media -> no options selected
• File sharing -> use 128 bit
• Password protected sharing -> turned off (used to be on)

Please note, on my PC:

• I use only a local login account
• Was Static IP but at the moment it's Dynamic

I'm not certain what other information to provide.

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can't connect with android

Same problem here. I upgraded from Win 7 to 10, got file sharing working with other home computers. One running Win 7, the other Win 10. My desktop Win 10 machine does not use a password for logging in. Whatever I try, I get looped back to the login screen.

I'm using a Cisco gateway to Comcast. On the LAN my Win 10 desktop has a fixed IP address of 10.0.0.10. Under Win 7, that was all ES File Explored needed to access the file system. Now it doesn't work.

Someone mentioned using Solid Explorer instead of ES File Explorer. I'll give that a try.

Anybody else have anything positive to report?

 

can't connect with android

I can connect with ES File explorer ( without username and password ) by turn off password protected sharing, under all network. but I can't access my main user account in ES.Can access other shared folder.in Solid explorer same result as Es File Explorer.

another app X-plore can connect with password protected sharing and can access main account and other shared folder.