Windows 10: Share entire drive in 1803?

I've read a lot of threads and articles on the weird new sharing principles in Win 10 v.1803. I've managed to be able to share individual folders successfully, but I'm still stuck when it comes to sharing the entire drive.

When I try to do so via the only available option "Give access to", and select "Advanced sharing" I'm just presented with the Properties box with no Sharing tab present...

I've already done:
1. enabled extra services necessary for autostart
2. turned on files sharing and discovery on different networks
3. removed Sharing from blocked shell extensions via registry
4. removed SMB1 server and left client only
Used this article and this article as a guidance.

What I'm getting as a result is a mess of the legacy options and lack of them, making me totally puzzled. Basically, I can't get the Sharing tab for any resource (file, folder, drive), but I'm able to get the context menu "Give access to" for folders (not for drives).

But how to share the entire drive, when no Sharing tab is present and the "give access to" option returns nothing?

:)

 

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!

 

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.

 

Can't Share an Entire Drive

I have done all that, it doesn't work on any of my PC's. I can see the drive, but can not access it. I have tried with different drives on different PC's, it's a common problem! There must be an issue with "Everyone" but I don't know what. As I said, the really crazy thing is that if I create a folder on the drive then I can happily share that. Just not the entire drive. I remember having this issue with Win 10 before on the network, and just giving up. This, however, is a new PC and I really want to share the entire drive.