Each time that I click on it the Windows message, "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file.
When Windows 10 was released, it seemingly broke the ability to easily connect to Linux Samba shares. pops up. They are shared with Everyone, Full Control, Password-Protected sharing is off.

Right-click: Then, name it AllowInsecureGuestAuth and assign it a value of 1.

You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. Windows can't access file. I can access those folders fine from my laptop, and I can *see* the folders on PC #2 but clicking on them produces the error, "Windows cannot access \\PC1\foldername -- You do not have access to \\PC1\foldername. Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." Shared Drive: "Your user account doesn't have permission to access" My Windows 10 laptop has several shared drives (not folders). If you cannot open/map network shared folders on your NAS, Samba Linux server, computers with old Windows versions (Windows 7/XP/Server 2003) from Windows 10, most likely the problem is that legacy and insecure versions of the SMB protocol are disabled in the latest Windows 10 builds (SMB protocol is used in Windows to access shared network folders and files). I have disconnected both Computers from the Homegroup and started a new homegroup and have c Hello, I am attempting to access an application.exe file on my desktop. Contact your administrator to request access." # - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting # differs from the default Samba behaviour # - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default # behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important # enough to be mentioned here # # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command # "testparm" to check that you have not made any … May not have permission to access.
Reboot, and enjoy your network access. Here, you will need to create a new parameter (32-bit DWORD). Conclusion I do not know why Windows folks suddenly decided to change the way network sharing works.

The hive should look thusly: And you're done.

By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. I can see the share on my Windows machine, and I can access the media directory. I can't access them from my main PC, but I can access the Users\Public folder. If I try to access /media/1, I have no issues, however if I try to access any of the others then I get: Windows canot access \\PROPLEX\Media\2 You do not have permission to access \\PROPLEX\Media\2. I have worked through every post I can find but cannot access files on other PC's on a Windows 7 Homegroup. Contact your network administrator to request access.