Questions tagged [shared-folders]

Shared folders are folders that are shared (made accessible to) multiple users, typically over a TCP/IP network.

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What causes a "the user name or password is incorrect" message when trying to access Windows 10 over LAN?

Can you assist finding out why a certain Windows 10 Home computer claims "the user name or password is incorrect" when trying access it through a local network (using the target computer's ...
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Are Authenticated Users required to be added to NTFS permissions for shared folder?

I am using Server 2019 and am trying to create a shared folder. But I want only certain users to have access to it. So, based on my knowledge (and quick online search), I created a Global Security in ...
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Cannot access shared folder from Windows run command

I have a problem logging in to a shared folder on another computer named jack in my local network using the Windows run dialog. If I type \\jack in the run dialog it returns the error Windows cannot ...
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Windows network shared folder vlc player can't see

i am using windows 11 home the latest 22h version. I share a folder and use VLC on my TV to play local content from my computer. VCL never sees the shared folder. But when i disable/enable ethernet ...
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Cannot access a specific Windows shared folder with username & password

When I share a folder, it only works when privileges are set to "Everyone". How can I share a specific folder with a specific username/password so that only those who know that username/password can ...
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Windows Explorer integration of a shared OneDrive/Sharepoint folder without an account

With OneDrive/Sharepoint (please excuse my conflating of them), it is possible to create a shared folder, which can be set to "Anyone with the link can edit". Thus, it is possible to share ...
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Share a folder without admin credential

In our domain, users have "User" permission level, every time some user want to share a folder it will be prompt admin credential to finish, is there a way to allow domain users to freely share ...
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How to unshare a shared folder shared to system owner in Windows 10?

I've shared a folder to myself (owner of the system in Windows 10), but now I cannot unshare it; under Owner I don't have Remove, etc. How can I do so? I have tried the following: $ net share c:\...
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How to give a specific computers read and write access to a share folder on Windows?

I had a folder on Windows Server 2016 that needed to be shared with about 12 computers in a local network. How can I setup the folder permission so that only two specific accounts from two specific ...
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How to share (config.vm.synced_folder), directories between Windows 10 and CentOS7 Virtual Machine created using Vagrant and VirtualBox

I'm trying to create a VM CentOS7 using Vagrant (2.2.3) and Virtual Box (6.0.4), on Windows 10 using the following Vagrant file Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| config.vm.box = "bento/centos-7" ...
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Win 8 Pro VMware guest cannot access shared folder on W10Pro Host ("user context supplied is invalid")

I'm using VMware Workstation 17 Player. After sharing a folder on the W8P Guest VM I tried accessing it from the W10P Host and got an error: "the user context supplied is invalid". The W8P ...
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Create a Group RW-access for a KVM shared folder via virtiofs on Ubuntu Server 22

I have a folder /common on an Ubuntu Server 22 host which is RW accessible by all users in group users i.e. user alice (with uid 1000) is a member of users (with gid 12345) and has fuull RW access to /...
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Share folder structure for projects

I am trying to figure out a way to set up a share drive that will allow a manufacturing shop to restrict access depending whether they work in the office or on the shop floor. The way they want to do ...
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W10 Computers can't access Windows Server 2008 Shared Folders

I have a server with "Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise" Installed, it is not in a domain, it's a workgroup. This server has several shared folders, a few days ago Win 10 computers can't access these ...
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VMware mount shared folder in specific folder on linux guest

I would like to mount a VMware shared folder to a location other than the default. The default mount path for shared folders in linux guest as of VMware Workstation 15 (2023) is: /mnt/hfgs/[...
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mapped drives stop working and need to be remapped

This is a weird situation. I have a desktop PC with Windows 10 and a Windows Server 2012 R2 from which I have mapped shares onto the desktop. Quite often it happens that drives become unavailable or ...
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User Folder Shows Under Network Locations in This PC on Windows 10

So I just noticed that when that my user folder (c:/Users/) shows up under network locations in This PC / My Computer. I never shared this folder, for some reason I found sharing was enabled for for ...
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SMB/connection between devices in the same network is too slow

I shared a folder in windows (which is connected to my modem/router combo(same modem that I use for internet)) When I access(wirelessly/same network) this folder from any device I get very low speeds ...
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Windows server 2008 R2 workgroup computers have complete server access. How to restrict this?

I am not a network engineer, however I can see that in our current office setup, the organization server is connected to multiple desktops in a private network. The desktops are visible in the server ...
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Port forwarding of Windows Network File Share

I want to access Windows Network File/Folder share inside a NAT network across the internet using NAT port forwarding, For this to succeed, which port numbers should I forward to the Windows 10 client ...
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Can you group multiple network locations into one folder?

I regularly have to access a group of about 12+ network locations, which I usually do by entering their ip address in file explorer. However there are so many locations that its getting a bit long ...
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VMware shared folder not showing on Ubuntu guest

I am testing VMware Workstation Pro 16 on Windows 10, and the guest is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with VMware Tools installed. I configured a shared folder in the context of VM > Settings; however, it does ...
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Lower Windows Explorer timeout when looking for mapped network shares that are not available on the network

I have a Windows 10 Pro laptop that has some LAN network shares mapped to drive letters. When my laptop is not at home, Windows Explorer is very slow to open. I assume because it is trying to connect ...
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How do I keep two folders in the same computer synced with each other?

I have two computers, A and B with two folders A1 and B1 respectively. Since these two computers are on the same network, both the folders are accessible on both the computers, until both computers ...
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Folder location / path issue

I am a learning junior sys admin and I read an article on how to give a shared drive over the network a recycling bin in a roundabout way...I was told if i change the file path of a random folder in ...
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What's the maximum typical speed possible with 802.11n WiFi for local network file transfer?

I know that: the theoritical limit of 802.11n Wifi is 450 Mbps in the 5Ghz band (that I use), the router reports a 450 Mbps speed (using nirsoft's great tool WifiInfoView) Windows reports a 300 ...
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Links to Network Shares not opening in Outlook for Desktop for some users

I've found a few of these questions but each thread has gone dead without a solution being found. We have seen multiple cases in our organisation where users can't use shared network file paths. They ...
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Add Git security exception fails

I have a windows box where I check out a Github repository. Then I make a change and commit that change and then get weird error message about a user mismatch related to file ownership: git clone ...
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Getting shared folders to work on a VM with open-vm-tools

VMWare Workstation Pro Version 17.0.2 build-21581411 Host System: Win 10 Pro most recent version Guest OS: Zorin OS 16 Core most recent version I want to setup a shared folder between my windows host ...
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special characters in folder names on NAS on different Mac Systems

NAS QNAP TVS-882T has a very large legacy folder structure with lots of special characters. "some example -> goes here <<ABC!!>>" Characters causing problems are mainly /|:\?&...
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Windows cannot access \\PC_NAME

When I try to access a PC shared folder under NETWORK, I get the error below: "You do not have permission to access \PC_NAME contact your network administrator to request access" But when I ...
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AXIS Network Camera not able to connect to a shared folder for storage on Windows 10

Trying to set up a storage for my Axis Camera to a shared folder, but getting this error: The folder is shared properly with full access to everyone, and I can access it no problem \\MYPCNAME\Camera ...
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Link folders in shared drive

I'm a kinda new sysadmin and a user asked if it would be possible to optimise this process: He works on department A and creates documentation in this structure: \server\department_a\projectx\...
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Network Share Folder

I'm having this issue with my shared folder that it keeps asking for credentials, where I have already disabled it. The folder I want to access its located in one VM that I have locally here (Hyper-V)...
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Can I share a network folder on WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Enviroment)

Is it possible to create a shared folder on WinPE? It has powershell and wifi installed on it.
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QEMU/KVM: Creating file sharing between Linux host and MacOS guest

I would like to create whatever possible way to enable file sharing between my Ubuntu 20.04 host and a MacOS Mojave running QEMU/KVM. Things I've tried: anything related to virt-manager. Doesn't work ...
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Add Outlook shared folders to Evolution mail window

My company uses Outlook as mail server, and the only Linux client I managed to use without plugins or workarounds is Evolution. My division implemented a shared folder, which I access in Outlook ...
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Network Credential does not prompt when accessing shared folder with password protection ON - Windows 11

My folder sharing only worked if it was set as accessible from private, work, and public networks with password protection off. If I enabled password protection I never received a prompt to enter ...
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Shared folders are not listed in "net share"

I dont understand why there are not shared folders when I use "net share" I also tried "net view" and "net use" but nothing. Any ideas ? I googled the problem but could ...
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How can I open files in a shared folder [duplicate]

I am sharing a hard drive attached to a Netgear router ftp://xx.xxx.xx.xx/shares and can access and do anything with the files in Windows 10 File Explorer except open them directly from File Explorer. ...
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Permission denied when accessing VirtualBox shared folder when member of the vboxsf group

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 (guest) on Windows 7 (host) with the guest additions installed. I have an auto-mount folder that maps to my D: drive on the host which I can access using sudo ls /media/...
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Can't access the enhanced session menu after setting it for the first time

I am trying to get the "Connect to" prompt in Hyper-V after I have set some shared folders. Image: Connect to VM prompt. Current shared folders are mapped with tsclient. The mapping was done ...
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On-the-fly SMB shares conf to quickly share files

I want to use samba to quickly and easily share files on occasions. I set up a smbuser to which I forbid login with chsh -s /bin/false smbuser I give the smbuser's password to people and I have my ...
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Winzip cmd line gives fatal error

I'm trying to add folders from a mapped network drive into a zip file using winzip command line but everytime I am receiving this error: FATAL ERROR: assert failure (WzZipAdd.c@1346) Please send the ...
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local user from different domain wants to access share without credentials

fileserver1 (server2012) is joined on domain1 and hosts a shared folder, named share1 share1 has sharing & security permissions set to 'Everyone' (Full Control). computer1 (win11) is joined on ...
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Can I create a symbolic link/junction to a Teams folder without issue? Is there a better way to achieve this?

I'm new to using Teams, and am not a networking professional etc. so please forgive my ignorance there, and if I'm using incorrect terms for things, but here is my situation: I have to use some old ...
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Virtual box shared folder visible in Ubuntu Guest, files not shared

Trying to make a local non-networked shared folder from a Windows 11 host to a Ubuntu 22.04.2 guest in VirtualBox. Currently, changes on the guest or host machine are not reflected in the other's ...
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File Explorer Shows Different Folder Name Than Actual, Causes Network Share Issue

I am having a similar issue as the original poster here after going from a Windows 7 Professional system to Windows 10 Professional. I have not been able to identify/solve my issue. My issue is my ...
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Folder share from windows 10 to ubuntu 20-04 - mount-error-13

My apologies in advance if this sounds like a really daft question but I don't even know where I am going wrong here is my situation: I have 2 laptops at home connected to the same wifi network and I ...
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How to share folders in Hyper-V with guest Ubuntu server & desktop 22.04

I have checked many guides that use XRDP to start a remote desktop service on Ubuntu desktop for getting the "Enhanced Session" to work. https://4sysops.com/archives/activate-enhanced-...

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