Win11 Home can't connect to Win10 Pro shared network drive

On Win11Home open Powershell_ISE and copy/paste this script. Put the name of the Win10ProA computer in the $computer variable.

cls 
$computer = 'win10proa'             #  put your computer name here. 
"==== Basic network test ===="
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName $computer -CommonTCPPort SMB | Select-Object -Property RemoteAddress, TcpTestSucceeded
""
"==== Share test ===="
""
net.exe view \\$computer | Where-Object {$_ -ne ""}
""
"==== Access test ===="
""
(net view \\$computer) | % { if($_.IndexOf(' Disk ') -gt 0){ 
    $share = "\\$computer\$($_.Split('  ')[0])"
    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $share
    "Share name is {0}, root file count is {1}" -f $share, $files.count 
    } }

Run the script. It should look like this.

If you get an access denied error, then on the Win10ProA computer, run this script. Verify that the account that you logged to Win11Home with is defined on Win10ProA and has access to the both the share and folder permissions.

Do you use the Windows credential manager to specify a different account to use to access Win10ProA? You may need to check the security event log to see the name of the account being rejected.

cls
"The following local accounts have been defined."
Get-LocalUser
""
$shares = get-smbshare | where-object { ($_.Name -NE 'IPC$') -and ($_.Name -NE 'Print$')  -and ($_.Name -NE 'C$') -and ($_.Name -NE 'Admin$') } 
foreach ($share in $shares)  {
    '--------------------'
    "---    {0}" -f $share.name 
    '--------------------'
    ''
    'Share permissions.'
    Get-SmbShareAccess -inputobject $share | Format-table -property Name, AccountName, AccessControlType, AccessRight 
   
    ''
    "Folder name and permissions." 
    '' 
    $share.Path   
    Get-Acl -path $share.Path  | select-object -ExpandProperty access |  format-table -Property IdentityReference, AccessControlType, FileSystemRights, IsInherited   
}
    
    

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A.

Based on the description, I understand your question is related to network.

Windows 11 Home might have different default settings for SMB (Server Message Block) protocols compared to Windows 10 Professional. Ensure that SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support is enabled on your Windows 11 Home computer. You can do this by going to Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off and checking the box for SMB 1.0/CIFS.

Make sure you are using the correct username and password for the shared drive. You can try accessing the shared drive by typing \ComputerA\SharedDrive in File Explorer and entering the credentials when prompted.

Also, open Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Defender Firewall > Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall, check firewall settings do not block file and printer sharing.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Molly

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