And I just tested these few days to prove it, public folders by default are always available across the local network if the aforementioned option is selected. Of course one needs to set the password protected sharing accordingly too.
One would only need to set the Advanced sharing for folders other than public folders for the sake of sharing. Anyway in my case I have specifically set the advanced sharing for one folder outside of the public folders, but Windows 10 system still wouldn't work. Anyway I strongly believe public folders are always accessible and I have been able to access them across the same network as long as the settings below are appropriate.
I've just created a new folder on the Windows 7 system and another one on the Windows 10 system. And I shared them like you said by using the wizard. No, all the time Windows 7 system can access everything it should on Windows 10 system, but not the other way. From Windows 7 system there is no problem at all. I have never need to do the same on the public folder of the Windows 10 system and the Windows 7 system can access the public folders of the Windows 10 system without any problems.
Windows 10 Home registry change:. Windows 7 Pro change:. Pinging Windows 7 Pro from Windows 10 without any loss of packet but unable to access Windows 7 in any way:. Pinging Windows 10 Home from Windows 7 and accessing Windows 10 successfully in every sense:. I left it the same since and I never expected it would cause problem as I have thought they can communicate on IPv4 anyway. Why wouldn't they work? Now they work since I put IPv6 back on Windows 10 system.
I appreciate very much of your help. Well can you please now tell me what change you told me I can undo and I could still have it work. I just want to find out what the minimum change of both the systems before they would work. Also the first problem I reported on this thread of trying to connect Windows 10 to an ad hoc network from Windows 7 still would not work as I've just tested. Should it work by now after all these changes on both system?
Should I set up another thread for that? I shall leave this thread but before I do so, could you please let me know why the Windows 10 and Windows 7 would not allow access to folders over the network without IPv6? Why can't they communicate over IPv4 alone? Moreover, don't both the Windows 7 system and Windows 10 system share folders both ways by default, that is without all the changes you advised me?
What I have done only in between was I have created a hostednetwork on Windows 10 Home system as per your advice above. I have marked one of yours as answer even though it has stopped working. Is it the way to close the thread? Only thing I did was adding the hosted network on Windows That's why I want to remove it and see if the folder sharing would resume working.
The reason I continue to ask because the folder sharing had stopped working. I then restarted the computer and tested again. The Windows 10 Home system still can't access shared folders on Windows 7 Pro. I'm sorry for it happening again.
I understand if you can't go on. Thanks for your help anyway! Yesterday I eventually found out the Windows fire wall on Windows 7 Pro blocking it. I had not expected that. I don't understand. I tested it yesterday and today and got the same result before I reported. I can't tell why I saw it work once without tampering with the fire wall. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows 7 also has a File Sharing Wizard to help simplify the process, especially when sharing folders in the workplace.
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New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Click the Attachment icon, select the files that you want to share on your current PC.
Step 5. On the target PC, go to Inbox, check and download the received attachment files. Cloud drive services also provide people with great convenience for file backup and file sharing in all Windows and Mac computers.
There are many cloud services available online that you can choose to backup and share files, such as OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, etc. Step 1. Right-click the file or folder that you want to share and select "Share a OneDrive link". Paste the link to share it on any email, social media post, or any other type of messaging system. Step 4. Once you received the sent link on the target PC, you can access the shared files.
Microsoft Windows also has offered some built-in tools that allow users to share files between Windows computers. Right-click the Windows icon, click Search and type: network and sharing center, click to open it. Open drives in Windows 10 File Explorer and select files that you want to share with Windows 7.
And click "Share" to confirm. Suppose you face Windows 7 to Windows 10 network sharing not working issue, you can see a how-to article of Windows 10 file sharing not working.
HomeGroup is used to share files or folders between two Windows computers connected to the same network. If your Windows OS stays in versions before , you can use HomeGroup to share files between Windows 7 and Windows 10 with the below steps:. On the Windows computer, type and search for a homegroup in the Search box.
Click to open it. Select files and folders that you want to share and switch the Permissions buttons to "Shared", and click "Next". Join the existing Homegroup and enter the password you got earlier and click "Finish". If you Windows 10 has been updated to the new versions after April Update version , use the Share option to accomplish file sharing between Windows 7 and Windows Open File Explorer on Windows 7, select the folder or files that you want to share.
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