Android File Explorer App (PC Share)

[Tando991]

I have been using ES File Explorer and VLC on my phone/tablet to access my PC files just fine but then the latest Windows 10 update killed my PC so I had to do a fresh install, now I can't get them to work again.

It's been so long since I set my PC up for sharing but I'm sure I have done everything corretly, Network discovery and sharing are all turned on and the password protection turned off through "Advanced Sharing Settings" on my PC.
I've then went into the folders I want to share, went Share>Specific People>Added "Everyone">Share and got "Your Folder is Shared"

but now when I try to access it from my phone/tablet it wont connect, I can see my PC when I scan for device but nothing happens, VLC just has the circle loading icon, ES File Explorer lets me see my files and folders but not actually open them.

I have uninstalled ad reinstalled the apps and also tried using Solid Explorer and the same thing happens, I can see my PC but when I try to connect i get nothing.

Thanks

[Master Disaster]

Dude, I had a very similar issue with my Shield TV recently, I've had the native smb share option working for ages then all of a sudden it just stopped. Nothing changed on either device and my devices can still see the share but won't connect to it.

 

Honestly I've not been able to work out why so in the end I set up an FTP server on my PC and put a client on my Shield and now I can share between them again.

[Tando991]

1 hour ago, Master Disaster said:

Honestly I've not been able to work out why so in the end I set up an FTP server on my PC and put a client on my Shield and now I can share between them again.

when you say share, do you mean that I would need to download the files from the FTP server to my phone/tablet to watch them or are you able to stream it?

[Tando991]

4 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Dude, I had a very similar issue with my Shield TV recently.

Not sure if it will help your situation but I found a fix.

 

1. Open Settings on your PC (Win+I)
2. Search for “Turn Windows feature on or off”
3. Find “SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support” in the tree
4. Make sure everything underneath the parent node is selected – for me Server wasn’t
5. Reboot

After reboot I was able to access and open/play all my files through ES Explorer and VLC again

The newest update for Windows 10, Version 1709, disabled SMBv1 for security reasons, so turning it back on may not be the best idea but atleast now you have the option.

[Master Disaster]

55 minutes ago, Tando991 said:

Not sure if it will help your situation but I found a fix.

 

1. Open Settings on your PC (Win+I)
2. Search for “Turn Windows feature on or off”
3. Find “SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support” in the tree
4. Make sure everything underneath the parent node is selected – for me Server wasn’t
5. Reboot

After reboot I was able to access and open/play all my files through ES Explorer and VLC again

The newest update for Windows 10, Version 1709, disabled SMBv1 for security reasons, so turning it back on may not be the best idea but atleast now you have the option.

Thanks for the suggestion, that actually makes sense as it stopped working a few weeks after the SMB V1 thing happened. I can live without a direct mount anyway, it's not worth enabling SMB V1 imo, I don't want Wannacry