Network file sharing not working between Windows 11 & Windows 10

Anonymous
2022-01-12T16:32:28+00:00

Hello, we have an office where there are several Desks, recently one of the employees upgraded their computers from windows 10 to windows 11, we had all of the computers set up for Local file sharing over the network, now for some reason since the upgrade, the Win11 PC can still see all the other Win10 PC's but none of the Win10 PC's can see or access the Win11 PC, we checked all the settings, and nothings changes, SMB is enabled on all PC's, and running same IP address's, file sharing in the network sharing center is still all turned on.

Any idea what caused this?

Thanks

Windows for business | Windows Server | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-08T18:37:50+00:00

    Mr. kristiantowahyudi you are GOAT. Worked for me. I now can access shared folder on win 11 Precision 3630 from win 10 XPS 9560. And it only took me 12 hours of search, trial & error.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-03T09:48:16+00:00

    Thanks for reply. The situation is that I now have things working, more or less. Two things seem to have helped: 1. I reset all the network components, router and wifi repeater (my laptop only has wifi network connection, and 2. time! The network seems to require significant time to settle down, measured in hours. Computers take time to register on the network, and it then takes time, and does not happen reliably, for them to appear in the NETWORK folder. For that reason I have all of them as Quick access items.

    Sorting out sharing on the W11 laptop was a serious learning experience; not only necessary to set up sharing but to sort our security as well (wonder whether that is cause of problems for others, as not very obvious. Microsoft seems to have abandoned facilitating networking in a home environm

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-03T01:26:58+00:00

    Still no luck with any of these solutions...

    I might add that my issue is solely an issue when trying to connect a Windows 10 system to a Windows 11 system, when the Windows 11 system is connected to my router via wireless/Wi-Fi...

    When the Windows 11 system is connected to the router via wired-Ethernet/RJ-45, it works fine.

    In both cases (whether Wi-Fi or Ethernet) the Windows 11 system can connect to the Windows 10 system without any issues...

    Strange & annoying...

    Cheers,

    Mike.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-25T09:35:51+00:00

    I've got round it by doing a force install of Win 11 on the laptop.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-12T20:00:45+00:00

    Yes, we pinged each computer and no issues there, Disabling firewalls and Antivirus did nothing, and trying to connect to the windows 11 computer we get could not connect windows that pops up and wants to troubleshoot

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