Windows 10: Password Protected Sharing - Turn On/Off with PowerShell

How can I use PowerShell to turn on/off "Password Protected Sharing" setting in Advanced sharing settings?

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How do I remove the network credentials password from Windows 10.

You need to Turn off password protected sharing on the remote computer.

Open Start > Settings > Network & Internet > Status

Scroll to the bottom

Click Network and Sharing Center

Click Change advanced sharing settings

Expand All Networks

Under Password protected sharing

Switch between 'Turn on password protected sharing and Turn off password protected sharing'

Then choose 'Turn off password protected sharing'

Then click 'Save changes'

 

Cannot turn off password protected sharing on Windows 10

I also have this problem. I have encountered many network resets for clients that I work with, pretty well all have responded properly when both allowing access to public folders and turning off the password protected sharing - easy network access has
been restored. On my own personal pc at home, (which is networked with one other Windows 10 machine and a Windows 7 laptop) I can allow access to the public folders, but when I check off the "Turn off password protected sharing", this option does NOT save,
and a login with password is required to access the public folders from the other two machines. This is unacceptable and a real pain in the you-know-where. One would think that with all the brainpower that Microsoft has, it would have tested the recent updates
thoroughly enough to avoid **** like this.

 

Manage File Shares with PowerShell | PowerShell content from Windows IT Pro

 

bro67: I used the link you provided and scanned the contents. All I could see was information about file shares .. i.e. specifically. I'm sorry if my question wasn't clearer. I'm asking about these Advanced Sharing Settings specifically. The setting regarding passwords is at the bottom of the image:


Perhaps I missed the connection to this in the link provided but I didn't see it.
That said, it's a very interesting bunch of information and surely will be valuable at some point!
Thanks

 

The Advanced Sharing options are just quick set options for those who do not know or want to get into the meat and potatoes of the OS. The Technet information is going to be your best resource, along with Windows IT Pro. Everything that is found on a search is about the Command Terminal. The link that I posted yesterday for the first post was just a jumping off point, because it gave you the direction to where you needed to dig in further.

Most stuff that is advanced is done by "Roll your own", when it comes to items that are normally done on Domains and in scripts for when users log in.

 

Well, I've looked at it a bit now and don't find the connection. For example, if passwords are required then where/how is that connection made? Or is it that there is *no* such blanket setting and that the notion gets translated into a bunch of individual settings? One can imagine that but it seems counter to having powerful tools like PowerShell, etc.

 

Password tokens are only to unlock the gate to let you into the protected share. Without that, you are just going to see that there is a share out there. What you are wanting to do is done through a startup script and can be done in many different ways. Using Powershell is going to take a learning curve in what you want to do, since it is new territory.

Jimbo is pretty good with this kind of stuff. You may want to dig a little deeper with the information in both of those links, since they are just basic this is how you do it stuff, not actually what you need to do.