Switched to Linux.

Disabled Windows Defender and Firewall - no improvement :(

I have a Win10 PC on my network with some shared directories, the "server". The share I use most has 23,000 files in 600 folders. When I access that share from a Win 7 PC it opens pretty much...

Fixed! Special thanks to TairikuOkami for the list, I think the problem was [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.bat which was the only one with a link to UltraEdit

If you read the post you'll see I already did all that.

Got it, thanks!

Sorry, what does "@ =" mean?

Somehow (most likely my fault) .bat files have defaulted to opening my text editor (UltraEdit) instead of executing.

I took all the file associations out of UltraEdit and re-started - no change
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Aha, that's the way to do it. Just need to figure out how to hold each console window open in order to make the change. Fixed the .bat console and the Python console so far :)

Thanks, that was...

Yeah, there have to be a registry hacks for this. I found this Microsoft blog post telling us how wonderful the Win 10 console was going to be but it doesn't have any actionable intelligence.

Yes! That appears to be the key :) Have to use Properties/Sharing/Adv. Sharing/ and not the "Share With" option.

Thank you!

Hmmmm, I see what you mean :( Not a positive change from W7 IMHO.

Right! That's what I've done and it has fixed the command window if it's opened directly. The problem I am describing is that when it is opened by a batch or other command line file it does not...

The default command window font on my W10 Pro is so small as to be unreadable. I changed the cmd.exe font and size properties but that only solves the problem when cmd.exe is run directly. Batch...

I'll give that a try and report back tomorrow. Thanks.

Public Sharing is OFF, and has never been on.

My usual share would be a folder or sub-folder set up for that purpose as the LCDR suggests. I was surprised to see the unintended result of sharing a...

I wanted to share a \Users sub-folder e.g. "\Users\itsme\stuff" with other network PC's. If I set sharing on for that sub-folder the entire \Users folder is shared. There is no problem to share...