Advanced sharing settings

Dear Witold Jabłoński,

Based on your requirements, here are the recommended PowerShell commands and approaches to enable the specified settings across different network profiles:

A) Private, Public, and Domain Networks: Network Discovery & File and Printer Sharing

You can enable these features using the following PowerShell commands:

powershell

# Enable Network Discovery
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Network Discovery" new enable=Yes

# Enable File and Printer Sharing
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes

These commands apply across all network profiles (Private, Public, Domain). If you need to target specific profiles, you can use the -Profile parameter with Set-NetFirewallRule.

B) All Networks: Public Folder Sharing

Public Folder Sharing settings are managed via registry keys. To enable sharing so that anyone with network access can read/write files in public folders:

powershell

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa" -Name "ForceGuest" -Value 0

Additionally, ensure the Public folder sharing service is running:

powershell

Set-Service -Name "LanmanServer" -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service -Name "LanmanServer"

C) Additional Considerations

The “Set up network-connected devices automatically” checkbox is part of device discovery and may require enabling SSDP and UPnP services.

Ensure the network profile is correctly set (Private, Public, Domain) using Get-NetConnectionProfile and Set-NetConnectionProfile.

These settings may be affected by Group Policy or security baselines in managed environments.

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Best regards,

Harry Phan