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How do I share folders between Windows 10 PCs?

Hau Lin

I have some shared folders on my Windows 10 PCs  and with a Sophos XG firewall I cannot see the shared folders from other PCs on the network.

Previously, I had a simple Netgear wireless router and the PCs were able to share the folders quite easily.

Now, XG is the firewall and the Netgear wireless router is merely an AP.

What do I need to do so XG allows the shared folders to be seen and shared across my network? (Its for home use and am sharing photos and videos).

(I’m pretty new to networking so I probably don’t know the correct terminologies to do a proper search for the answer).



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  • 0 in reply to Hau Lin

    Thanks Hau,

     

    How are you currently mapping the share?

    Via a GPO, GPP or batch file?

     

    Can you manually open the share by Start / Run and typing \\hostname\sharename

    If that fails how about \\IP address\sharename

  • 0 in reply to M8ey

    The netgear router instructions say to connect the local network to the internet connection on the netgear which is very strange because that usually puts a firewall f some sort between you and the local LAN.

    Ian

  • 0 in reply to M8ey

    I'm sorry I don't know what "GPO, GPP or batch file" means.

    Wow! This did work:

    open the share by Start / Run and typing \\hostname\sharename

     

    But when I go to the "network" in the folder, none of the shared network folders show up at all:

     

  • 0 in reply to Hau Lin

    Sounds like you have Network Discovery turned off on your Windows Firewall.

     

    GPO = Group Policy Object - you can add Drive mappings so Domain Connected PC's get a drive share automatically

    GPP = Group Policy Preference - similar to GPO but different

    Batch file is you can create a small file that you may put in the start folder of a PC so it runs upon login with something like

    "net use g: \\hostname\sharename /user:authorised-username password"

     

    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-configure-network-discovery-windows-10-0

     

    See if your Network Discovery is on.

    That said I normally use one of the methods above to map drives.

  • +1 in reply to M8ey

    Thanks so much for all you guys' help!

    This solved my problem...apparently it was because of a Windows 10 update that coincided with my XG installation!:

    www.ghacks.net/2018/04/17/fix-pcs-no-longer-recognized-in-network-after-windows-10-version-1803-upgrade/