Folder cannot be shared!

Hi Mohga,

Welcome to Microsoft Community. I'm Mosken, let me help you.

According to your description, I knew that you encountered an error while sharing a folder and were told "your folder cannot be shared". Is that right?

First, I suggest you confirm that the file sharing discovery in your system is turned on. "Win" logo key + "Q", open the search box, type "Control", enter to open "Control Panel" (View by category) > "Network and Internet" > "Network and sharing Center" > "Change advanced sharing settings", enable "Turn on network discovery" and "Turn on file and printer sharing".

Then confirm the system firewall allows this feature to pass. Win *+*Q to open the search box, enter "Firewall.cpl", press Enter to open the firewall interface in Control Panel, click "Allow an application or features through Windows Defender Firewall" > "Change Settings" on the left, then check it in the "File and Printer Sharing" and "File and Printer Sharing via SMBDirect" list,  then "OK".

Then you can try creating a new folder and try setting up the sharing again. Right-click the directory you want to share > Properties*, and set it up as shown in the image below.*

Then if there any third-party protection software (antivirus software) installed in your system, you may quit/disable/uninstall those apps first and try check it again.

Then you may try to restart related services. **** Please run the Command Prompt as administrator (logo key "Win" + "Q", enter "cmd", select "Run as administrator") and enter the following commands one by one.

net start lmhosts & net stop lmhosts & net start lmhosts

net start FDResPub & net stop FDResPub & net start FDResPub

Win + R to open "Run", enter "Optionalfeatures" and press Enter, check all the contents of "SMB 1.0 / CIFS File Sharing Support" and "SMB Direct" in the "Windows Features" interface, then "OK". Restart the system.

In addition, you could visit File sharing over a network in Windows (microsoft.com) for more content related to Windows networking, hope it will help you.

The above steps are provided based on the information I have learned so far, and hope that could help you a little. If the problem still exists, please provide us a full PSR from the beginning, through the whole process, and until the error message is displayed, so we can further investigate.

Best Regards,

Mosken-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Hi Mohga,

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Best Regards,

Mosken-MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Thank you