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Re: using the shared folders on the lan

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: using the shared folders on the lan
Date	2025-04-19 11:34 +0000
Organization	NOYB
Message-ID	<vu08pd.4s8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> (permalink)
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knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have been using folders that are shared on the LAN by several 
> computers for years on Windows 10 computers.
> 
> Now I have upgraded to a new computer with Windows 11 Home.
> 
> Now when ever I try to map a network drive I get the message "Windows 
> Can not access \\Laptop  (Laptop is the name of the other computer on 
> the LAN.)

  FWIW, I get this error when I don't specify the name of the share on
the remote host.

  I.e. if I do a 'Map Network Drive' in File Explorer and put only
'\\Laptop' in the 'Folder:' field, I get the error "Windows cannot
access \\Laptop".

  But if I specify '\\Laptop\c' in the field, the 'Map Network Drive'
operation succeeds (assuming no other issues, like the remote C: drive
not being shared).

> I have worked on this for a couple of days and can not find why all 
> incoming and outgoing activity to LAN devices is blocked.
> 
> What am I missing?

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using the shared folders on the lan knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-18 09:37 -0400
  Re: using the shared folders on the lan Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-04-18 14:49 +0100
    Re: using the shared folders on the lan knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-18 11:18 -0400
      Re: using the shared folders on the lan Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-04-18 16:40 +0100
  Re: using the shared folders on the lan Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-04-18 15:26 +0100
    Re: using the shared folders on the lan Valerio Vanni <valerio.vanni@inwind.it> - 2025-04-18 17:54 +0200
      Re: using the shared folders on the lan SOLUTION knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-19 07:16 -0400
        Re: using the shared folders on the lan SOLUTION Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-04-19 14:04 +0100
          Re: using the shared folders on the lan SOLUTION knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-19 13:02 -0400
            Re: using the shared folders on the lan SOLUTION MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> - 2025-04-19 19:11 +0100
  Re: using the shared folders on the lan Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-18 22:26 -0400
    Re: using the shared folders on the lan Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-04-22 20:34 -0500
  Re: using the shared folders on the lan Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-19 11:34 +0000

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