With Windows 11, it is much easier to make the connection. It’s not quite as easy as it once was, but the feature is, in fact, still there. Here ( Figure E) click Finish and the share is now ready for you to use.Īnd that is all there is to connecting a Windows 10 machine to a Samba share in your data center.
A default name will be picked up by the Samba server, you can either use that or enter a custom name that makes it easier for you to remember either where the share is or what is housed within the share.Ĭlick Next to reach the final screen of the wizard. In the next window ( Figure D), type a name for the network location. Next you must enter the IP address of your Samba server ( Figure C) in the form of //SERVER_IP/SHARE, where SERVER_IP is the IP address of your Samba server and SHARE is the name of the share you want to add.Ĭlick Next to continue on. In the resulting screen ( Figure B), click Choose A Custom Network Location (the only option) and then click Next. From the resulting context menu, select Add A Network Location ( Figure A).Ī new wizard will open, one that will walk you through the process of creating a shortcut for a new network location within File Explorer. Open up File Explorer and then right-click on This PC (in the left pane). I want to walk you through the process of making that connection between Windows 10/11 and your Linux shares.įor this tutorial, I will assume you have both Windows 10 or 11 installed on a machine (or multiple machines) and a Samba share at the ready from your data center. How to connect an Apple wireless keyboard to Windows 10 Microsoft offers Windows 11 for HoloLens 2 Windows 11 update brings Bing Chat into the taskbar
Microsoft PowerToys 0.69.0: A breakdown of the new Registry Preview app Fortunately, the ability to connect to Samba shares wasn’t actually removed from the Windows platform, it was merely tucked a bit out of sight. Considering how many businesses rely on Samba for the sharing of folders, this was a bad move on the part of Microsoft. It appeared one could not write to Linux share from Windows 10. When Windows 10 was released, it seemingly broke the ability to easily connect to Linux Samba shares. If you're having trouble figuring out how to connect Windows 10 or 11 to your data center Samba shares, Jack Wallen eases your concern with the simple steps to make this work.
How to connect to Linux Samba shares from Windows
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