Broken File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

I just found this thread via search. Are you really saying we can't establish simple file/folder sharing via TCP/IP over a private network? I know I'm having problems.

Ah, my problem got solved since latest update, the fall creators update.

I am having the exact problem on Windows 1709. 1703 machines seem to work but 1709 does not. Uncheck and recheck File and Printer sharing fixes this until you reboot. Do you happen to know EXACTLY which patch fixed this issue for you ?

Thanks

The issue still exists in Windows 10 - 1803

I created a powershell script that disables and then enables the File and Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks binding on a Hyper-V adapter. So far has worked everything the file sharing goes down. I think this also isolates what's causing the issue at least in my case. Let me know if it works for anyone else.

if (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) { Start-Process powershell.exe "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs; exit }

disable-NetAdapterBinding -name "vEthernet (External Switch)" -ComponentID ms_server

enable-NetAdapterBinding -name "vEthernet (External Switch)" -ComponentID ms_server