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At some point, you are going to transfer your data from one device to another. Either you would like to do that by creating a local network. Or if you are trying to send your data from an older device to a newer one. In both cases, you would never want to face any issues like “Your Folder Can’t Be Shared”.
Anyway, by any chance, if you are facing their error, then I’m here to help you. Here, I’ve drafted a guide to you Fix Your Folder Can’t Be Shared on Windows 10. You should acknowledge that there are several troubleshooting tips to get rid of this problem. But you only need to keep trying them until the issue is solved for you.
Tweak Folder Password Sharing
- Launch Control Panel from the Cortana search bar.
- Navigate to Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center
- From the left-side menu, click on Change advanced sharing settings
- Expand the All Networks tab.
- Select the Turn off password protected sharing bullet.
- Hit Save changes
Make Some Advanced Sharing Changes
- Right-click on a folder that you would like to share and select Properties.
- Navigate to the Sharing tab and click on Advanced Sharing
- Check the Share this folder checkbox.
- Click on the Permissions button.
- Under Allow, select all the three checkboxes (see the above-provided screenshot).
- Hit the Ok button.
Start a Homegroup From Zero
There’s a possibility that your homegroup is coming your way of sharing folders. So it’s worth a shot, why not just delete the homegroup that you are using currently and start from scratch by creating a new one. It may take some time, but if it works for you, then it’ll not be a total waste of time.
Reset Windows 10
- Launch Window 10 Settings
- Navigate to Update & Security
- Select Recovery from the left-sidebar.
- Under Reset this PC, click on Get started
- Follow the onscreen prompts.
That’s all, keep visiting WindowsBoy for more.