Windows 10: Getting nowhere with sharing drives

Hi,
Could someone tell me how to share drives? I've spent hours doing everything imaginable but not succeeding.

From win10-pc I can see "D" and "E" in Explorer-Network-Win10-pc2 but both drives give this message when trying to access them.

Windows cannot access \\Win10pc2\e
You do not have permission to access \\Win10-pc2\e. Contact your network administrator to
request access.
Although win10-pc can access some folders on win10-pc2, just not the drives.

On the win10-pc2 machine under Network they are accessible.
I have tried to set full access Permissions for Everyone on win10-pc2 but it just won't work

Many thanks for any help.

:)

 

Cannot access shared network drive

I could scream! so much time wasted on this stupid error, as if time is not precious enough!
It probably would work fine if I could see the other computer! But I cannot see the other computer!

 

C: Drive Admin Share Keeps Enabling

Hi,



Thank you for your response.



I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

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  Press Windows +E,
  
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  Right click on C: drive.
  
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  Select Sharing Tab.
  
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  Click on Advanced Sharing.
  
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  Uncheck “Share this folder”.
  

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

 

Cannot access shared network drive


Personally, I wouldnt use Everyone. If anyone hacks into you, they have full access to everything and can demolish everything on your raid. I would rather set up accounts and access separately for each person. That way, I know who did all that damage. In the end with a little extra work, I feel more secure by using Authenticated Users.


If this helps.
step 1 create non-microsoft account and without email and address without admin rights
step 2 share a drive or folder to specific user account (if Everyone is listed, remove it)
step 3 set security > add Authenticated Users (if more than 1 account) or add specific users
step 3a remove Everyone from list
step 3b uncheck full control and write for all items listed except SYSTEM and Admin account.
step 4 right click Start > Computer Management > System Tools > Shared Folders > Shares ... to verify settings and change anything else. You can also see the number of connections to each share here.