Windows 10: File and Printer Sharing won’t stay “turned On”

I can no longer connect to any drives on a Windows 7 PC from a Windows 10 Laptop. It has been OK for a year but recently the connections failed. There have been no changes to either that I know of nor has any software been installed.

The Win 7 permissions are “Everyone” has full permissions.

The Win 7 PC Firewall and found that “File and Printer Sharing” will not stay set.

The Win 7 Network and Sharing Center “File and Printer Sharing” will not stay set. Also Network Discovery is turned on.

The Win 7 Services are set as follows, a few were not started:
o Computer Browser - Automatic
o DHCP Client - Automatic
o DNS Client - Automatic
o Network Connections - Automatic
o Network Location Awareness - Automatic
o Remote Procedure Call (RPC) - Automatic
o Server - Automatic
o TCP/IP Netbios helper - Automatic
o Workstation – Automatic

Does anyone have any suggestions how I can fix this annoying issue? I am sure this has been discussed many time, but I cannot find a solution that works for me.

I can connect to a Win 7 Laptop from the Win 10 Laptop without any problems.

Thanks in advance,

Peter B.

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turning on file and printer sharing windows 10

Thank you for the update. What we can suggest now is to turn on File and Printer sharing in Command Prompt. Here are the steps to do it:

• Leave File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks turned
  on.
• Type CMD in the Search bar.
• Right-click on Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator.
• Type netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes, and hit
  Enter.
• Exit from the command prompt, and check if it will work.

If issue persists, try turning it on using Powershell, and check if it works. Here are the steps:

• Leave File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks turned
  on.
• Type Powershell in the Search bar.
• Right-click on Windows PowerShell, and select
  Run as Administrator.
• Type netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes, and hit
  Enter.
• Close PowerShell.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Can't share printer—getting error message

Yeah, I have windows firewall disabled, and I don't use any other firewall... mostly to prevent stupid issues like this.

None taken... and yeah, I do.

 

Windows 10 file and printer sharing will NOT stay on

I am running windows 10 pro for workstations with the latest update. I can turn on file and printer sharing, but when I save changes and go back to sharing options, file and printer sharing is turned off. I have disabled my fire wall and have tried many
things suggested on the internet with no success.