Windows 10: Unable to enable file and printer sharing in year 2021 ...

Hi there,I don't know why I can't enable file and printer sharing... pretty annoying. Please help me.

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Unable to enable File and Printer sharing. (Keeps going back to "Turned off")

Hello Jochem,

Usually, if your computer unable to turn on the file and printing sharing, the issue may arise due to your privacy settings requiring a modification. For better assistance, we'd like to ask a few questions:

• Can you send a screenshot of the error message that you're getting when trying to enable file and printer sharing? You may use Snipping Tool for sending a screen capture. To do so, click
  here.
• When did you successfully enable file and printer sharing?
• Can you give the troubleshooting steps that you have tried?

We are looking forward to your reply.

 

turning on file and printer sharing windows 10

Thank you for the update. What we can suggest now is to turn on File and Printer sharing in Command Prompt. Here are the steps to do it:

• Leave File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks turned
  on.
• Type CMD in the Search bar.
• Right-click on Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator.
• Type netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes, and hit
  Enter.
• Exit from the command prompt, and check if it will work.

If issue persists, try turning it on using Powershell, and check if it works. Here are the steps:

• Leave File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks turned
  on.
• Type Powershell in the Search bar.
• Right-click on Windows PowerShell, and select
  Run as Administrator.
• Type netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes, and hit
  Enter.
• Close PowerShell.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Can't share printer—getting error message

Yeah, I have windows firewall disabled, and I don't use any other firewall... mostly to prevent stupid issues like this.

None taken... and yeah, I do.