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TripleEYE

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Registered: 2014-11-17

Posts: 21

Network Sharing gets Automatically Disabled — What gives?

Hello fellow network enthusiasts o/
Every time I switch to a profile on NSM, the network sharing gets disabled.

I would like to elaborate to avoid confusion later on:
Windows (10 in my case) has the Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings
I like Network Sharing (on a Private Network only) to be turned ON (both the Netowrk Discovery, and File and Printer Sharing options).
But every time I switch to my LAN profile at home these two Windows Settings get switched to off.

I have yet to check if the same happens with other profiles because I don't require said sharing in the scenarios where I use the other profiles.

I have no fear of advanced options and have tried to no avail to find the setting for this both in the NSM software itself, and in forums online (+Google of course).
The closest I found was the setting for NSM>Profile Name>Additional>Driver Settings>Miscellaneous>Protocol Bindings>File and printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.
I do not see a need for me to enable this, but I did anyway just to check — and the issue persists; the Windows 10 Advanced Sharing options for Private Network connections still get turned-off automatically every time I switch to the profile (whether I switched manually or via auto-switch).

Please tell me there is a simple way that I may have missed, to automatically turn those two network sharing options ON, instead of off like they act now.
And if indeed so — please share: Where is said option? It is starting to become a real nuisance ^_^;,

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Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 1,878

Re: Network Sharing gets Automatically Disabled — What gives?

Unfortunately, this request got out of sight. Sorry for that.

NetSetMan does not change any sharing settings if you didn't configure it to do so.
Network sharing is indirectly controlled by the Windows Firewall settings. Check if the firewall is modified in your profiles. Also notice, that firewall settings can be automatically changed by Windows based on the connected network type. Check the "Private/Public" settings and make sure they contain the network sharing confirmation you need. You can also observe if the network type automatically changes every time you change your network settings. This might be the case if there is no identifiable network gateway or DHCP server.