Lonely Cat Games X-plore LAN Windows 11 SMB2 Fix

Post by **darknkreepy3#** » Tue Nov 19, 2024 7:31 pm

Windows 11 has SMB3 enabled by default, and you can go into Programs and Features and enable or install SMB 1. But what about SMB2 and why would you need it? Lonely cat games made a great android file manager that uses the SMB2 protocol and it doesn't work with Windows 11 without adding SMB2 support, which is an easy fix.

Written by Timothy Tibbets (Majorgeeks)
How to Enable or Disable SMBv2 in Windows 10 & 11
https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page ... smbv2.html

So, press the WINDOWS key and start typing powershell, then look on the start list on the left of your screen and choose "Run as Administrator"

When the powershell window in administrator mode opens, type or paste in this code to enable SMB2

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Set-SmbServerConfiguration –EnableSMB2Protocol $true

then check if it is enabled with this code

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Get-SmbServerConfiguration | Select EnableSMB2Protocol

if you ever want to disable SMB2, type or paste in this code
Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableSMB2Protocol $false

Connecting to your Windows 11 PC with your Android via X-plore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... n_US&pli=1

install via your google play store or that link with your phone

The interface when loaded in the app has LAN on the top right side, click on that
look now in the family tree of your phone
-internal storage
-sd card if you have one
-root (phone)
-lan
-ftp
-web storage
-ssh
-wifi file sharing
-dlna
-vault
-show

*make sure your phone and the windows 11 computer are on the same network
know your computer name and network, usually MYPC and WORKGROUP for instance
**to find this info, press the start button and then type SYSTEM and you will see the SYSTEM control panel icon, click that

and you know your user name and password, in this case, a LOCAL ACCOUNT in windows 11 works
not one where you use a microsoft "account" to log in

choose LAN in that list

you will see an empty area with + Add server, click that
then choose Scan

it will find your pc

enter a label (X-plore already names it the pc name it finds from your windows 11 pinging back to it)
Username
Password
Domain (for example WORKGROUP or workgroup)
server (192.189.1.12 for example X-plore finds that in the scan)
SMB2 checked on to the right and on

then TEST you should be good.
then SAVE

remember in your windows 11 computer to right click your C, D, E drives or individual folders and choose properties > sharing
and choose in the window that comes up ADVANCED SHARING and then read / write permissions as you want to for your phone to the pc

also note you need to have your wifi or lan set to PRIVATE not PUBLIC and allow it to be discovered
https://www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1049382/