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
    2022-01-12T19:36:33+00:00

    Hi, my name is Anderson Souza, I hope I can help you with your issue.

    Does the Windows 11 computer respond to PING test?

    Have you tried to disable the firewall temporarily on that computer?

    If you run \Windows11-PC-HostName or \Windows11-PC-IP-Address on the run Window (Win+R) on any Windows 10 PC do you get any error message?

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T15:03:19+00:00

    Thank you for the feedback. Could you please confirm that you have already tried the configuration procedures contained on the link below?

    https://www.windowsdigitals.com/windows-11-turn...

    Also, check the TIP given by "Philip Jordan" in the comments.

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-20T15:16:29+00:00

    Yes, thats already been done, we have tried re setting up the network shares but for some reason the 2 win10 pc's cant see the win11 pc on the network, but the win11 pc can see the other 2 win10 pc's

    we tried even rebooting the network itself

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-24T18:23:36+00:00

    I am experiencing a similar issue on a home network. The only difference, I can see the Win11 machine in the File Explorer. I was going to try to turn on the Firewall Logging, to determine if that would point to the issue, but I can't seem to location where that happens on Windows 11. Any hints?

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