Windows 11 Pro sharing problem - file sharing activation request a display name to be presented under the clsid key

Question

Good morning Microsoft team!

I try to share an folder in Windows 11 Pro, but i received this message:

Your file administrator has blocked you from running this program - The activation request a display name to be present under the clsid key.

Please support !!!

Thank you!!!

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting the question on the Microsoft Windows forum!

Based on the provided error message which might indicates a restriction set by your system administrator or a misconfiguration in the Windows Registry. It often occurs when trying to run or modify certain programs, and it may be related to User Account Control (UAC) settings or something associated with registry entries.

Please make sure to back up your registry before making any change to it by following the instruction of this article. In case, something go wrong. You can swiftly reverse it.

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-back-up-and-restore-the-registry-in-windows-855140ad-e318-2a13-2829-d428a2ab0692 You can try the following steps to modify the registry key.

1. On command prompt, type registry
2. Navigate to this path Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. Right-click the key "EnableLUA" and select the Modify option.
4. Change the value from 1 to 0 and then click OK
5. Finally, restart the computer to see whether you can share the folder now. Hope the above information is helpful!