Windows 10: File Sharing Issues on Windows 11 "___ is not accessible"

I found out about windows file sharing and I thought it was a cool feature so I set up a personal file storage on an old computer. It worked great most of the time but after a windows reset and upgrade 10-->11 it keeps giving me this error message in the picture below. It also makes me put in a username and password even though I set it to no password required Before I could type anything into the username and password and it would work. It is weird because sometimes it lets me access them but after a restart it unmaps the drives and refuses to let me use them. When it says "multipl

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file sharing issue on Windows 11

Hello Jürgen, I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

Go over File Sharing in Windows 11 with these steps to make sure it's set up correctly and any needed fixes applied:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.

 

Windows 10 Sharing Issue

Hi Ennycloe,

There are several reasons why does other computers are unable to access your file from Windows 10. To make sure where this issue is coming from, we suggest that you run the built-in HomeGroup troubleshooter. Kindly follow the steps below:

• Type troubleshooting on the Windows search box.
• Click on View all which is located on the left pane.
• Choose Home group and then Shared Folders.
• Follow the on screen steps.

Let us know the results from the troubleshooter.

 

How to share file access on private network

I've worked through my own network setting up notes and posted A consolidated network setup checklist [post #108] - TenForumsTutorials

I thought providing a complete list would be more helpful than just posting additional steps as I initially did in post #6 above.

Denis