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Originally Posted by barryem
I've been using ES Explorer for quite a while but I haven't had much luck connecting to my Windows 10 computers. It was the same with Windows 7 and 8.1. I do have an old XP computer on my network and I can connect to it reliably but to the others I can only connect every now and then, maybe 5% of the time or less.
I'm pretty sure it's because I don't know how to set up SMB properly in Windows, although I'm not positive of that. All my Windows computers can connect to one another as can my old Windows Phone. But from Android connections are rare.
Can anyone give me some idea where to look for an answer to this? I'd really like to do it...
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I have had no problem with Windows 10 if password protected sharing is turned off on the PC.
However, with Windows 10 if one has password protected sharing turned on on the PC (Control Panel>Network and Sharing Centre>Advanced sharing settings) and you cannot get to the PC with your usual Windows login details (whether a Local or Microsoft account) in the device's file explorer app's LAN setup then the following solves one common problem and works for me and others.
When one enters one's logon details into the LAN setup in the device file explorer app (I use X-plore) after scanning for the PC, or just entering it manually, go to C:\Users\{your username} and identify your {username} used there and use that in the device's LAN setup, not the username of your Windows account. If that doesn't work then try using just the first 5 characters of {username} i.e.
usern.
If that does not work try using just the first 5 characters of your PC account username instead - this should not be necessary in Win 10 though. If that doesn't work then open the PC Command Module and type
whoami and hit enter ENTER - use the username it comes up with (or try the first 5 characters of it) if it is different to any of the above.
If works, save it and have a beer :-)
I think, from memory and in case useful to others, Win 7 is the same as the above but I have no Win 7 machines left to check on now.
Usually, I use a cable :-(.