Windows 10: How do I enable the gray share button in Windows 10?

Could someone be kind and just tell where the settings are i Windows.

Who ever answer: If you feel very MVP-ish and find it very clever to paste in a bunch of links to KBs and other difficult things you don't really understand yourself - please don't.

Just tell how to enable the share button arrow.


P.S. Couldn't avoid the warning about fake support numbers - Microsoft have improved the home network security to yet another chaotic level so I can't reach my own computer anymore after the upgrade to 1903. But scammers can get into to Microsoft support as they want. Impressive!



Kind regards, Martin

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Share button is gray in Windows 10

I guess it's too late, but... I got the TRUE solution for your trouble, it was happening with me as well. For some reason, "Sharing Wizard" was disabled in my system, and because of that, the share button was grayed out, probably it's disabled in your system
too. Search in youtube for "How to Enable File Sharing in Windows 10", it shows how to do it. Hope it helps you too...

 

Share button is gray in Windows 10

I want to share my C drive on one computer in my network so another can access it. I've enabled network discovery and checked allow others to access this drive, but the button is still gray. How do I enable this button? Thanks!

 

Share button is gray in Windows 10

Hi,

I do appreciate your efforts and time, and will assist you with the issue.

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  Are you trying to share from an Admin account? Because the share option might be greyed out due to administrative privileges.
  

Method 1

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

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  Type This PC in the search bar and hit enter.
  
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  Right click on a drive you want to share.
  
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  Select share with.
  
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  Select Advanced sharing.
  
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  Check the box share this folder and click on permissions.
  
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  Set permissions according to you and click on
  apply and ok.
  

If the issue still prissiest, try Method 2,

Method 2

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  Open an elevated command prompt. (Right click on start button and select command prompt admin)
  
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  Type takeown /U %username% /F %USERPROFILE% /R /SKIPSL (You may also need the /P <password>
  
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  Once that completes type cacls %USERPROFILE% /T /E /G %USERNAME%:F
  

This should force you to be the owner of everything in your profile and grant you full access.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.