It’s the button at the bottom of the screen. You have disabled file sharing for the current connection. To disable file sharing for the other connection type (the profile you’re not logged into right now), click Changed advanced sharing settings again, click the other network profile, then select Turn off file and printer sharing. Turn off Windows Network Discovery: In order to turn off the network discovery Option, you need to follow the above Step-1 to Step-3 and go ahead with below step. In this step, select the turn off button both for the network discovery and file & printer sharing as shown in the below image. When Public folder sharing is turned off, only people with a user account and password on your computer can access them. This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Public folder sharing on your Windows 10 PC. You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to turn on or off Public folder sharing. Follow these step to turn off File and Printer Sharing in Windows 10: 4 – Click Network and Sharing Center. 5 – Click Change advanced sharing settings. 6 – Click the word Private to expand that section, then select the radio button beside Turn off file and printer sharing. 7 – Click Guest or Public (current profile). Disable or enable File and Printer sharing using netsh Open an elevated command prompt. Type or copy-paste the following command: netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group='File. To disable the File and Printer Sharing feature for all network profiles. Turn on or off File and Printer Sharing in Windows 10. To allow other people to access the files and printers you have shared in your Windows 10 PC on the network, you can turn on file and printer sharing, following the procedures below. Video guide on how to turn.
Simple File Sharing is a feature built into Windows that makes it very easy to share files and folders with other computers on your local network. It’s so simple that it’s pretty unsafe too. If you share a folder, everyone can access it, and there are no permissions and no passwords to restrict access to the shared folder.
If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, this is the only option you have for sharing files. Windows XP Professional users can share files and folders with much more security. To share a folder using Simple File Sharing, right-click on a folder and choose Sharing and Security.
If it’s the first time you are setting up sharing on your computer, you will be asked to either use the wizard or just Enable File Sharing. I would only use the wizard if you are not running Service Pack 2 or above because the wizard will just enable the Firewall to protect your computer from being accessed via the Internet.
Finally, you’ll be able to choose Share this folder on the network and give your share a name.
By default, users can read, write, and delete the files you are sharing. If you only want them to be able to read the files, uncheck Allow network users to change my files.
How to turn off Simple File Sharing
Turn On File Sharing Windows 10
If you have a Windows XP Professional computer that is not joined to a domain, then Simple File Sharing will be turned on. You can turn it off and use the advanced file sharing features, such as NTFS file permissions.
Turn Off Simple File Sharing Windows Server 2012
Go to My Computer and click on Tools and then Folder Options.
Disable File Sharing
Click on the View tab and then scroll all the way to the bottom of the list until you see the checkbox Use Simple File Sharing (recommended).
Go ahead and un-check the box and now when you go to the Sharing and Security tab for a folder, you will see advanced share options and the Security tab, which lets you configure NTFS permissions.
That’s it! If you’re not sure how to configure NTFS permissions, read my earlier written post. If this was all too complicated for you, you can check out online storage services like Dropbox, a cloud service for storing and sharing files between computers. Enjoy!