Windows 10: Win 7 and Win 10 Home Network Oddity

I have two desktop computers on an Ethernet Home Network.
Computer 1 is a Dell Inspiron 530 (April 2009) running Windows 7, Network: L: \\INSPIRON530A
Computer 2 is a Dell XPS 8920 (July 2017) running Windows 10 (build 1803), Network: L: \\DESKTOP-Q01G00A
Home Networking did work as promised on both computers when I first bought the second machine. I set up all of the Shared Folders on both machines using Properties -> Advanced Sharing. I have had to reset my shared folders a few times after Windows 10 Updates.

The oddity:
Both computers can "see" each other in Windows Explorer (Win 7) and File Explorer (Win 10) {- same program, different names}.

The Windows 10 computer has full access to my Shared directories ("Folders") on the Windows 7 computer.
The Windows 7 computer can "see" the Windows computer at L: \\DESKTOP-Q01G00A, but cannot access any of the files or folders. See attachments.

I did follow the tutorials listed in other networking topics on this board. I made no changes to the Windows Defender or McAfee firewalls.

Both of these computers are in the same room, but only doing file sharing from the Windows 10 computer is an annoyance.

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I updated my laptops to Win 10 and now cannot network the various computers.

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Thanks.

Big Jim

 

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I have 2 networked Laptops, one is a Win 10, one a Win 7, and a networked Win 7 PC.

I am unable to connect from Win 7 Desktop to a Windows 10 Laptop but I can go the other way.

Status:

Win 7 Laptop to Win 10 Laptop is OK.

Win 10 Laptop to Win 7 Laptop is OK.

Win 10 Laptop to Win 7 Desktop is OK.

Win 7 Desktop to Win 10 Laptop is NO GO.

I do not know whether it is a Win 10 Laptop or a Win 7 Desktop problem. All use the same Homegroup. I am the only user; there are no other accounts on any of the machines.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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