I have just moved to Windows 8 from Win7, and must say I'm having some major difficulties with file sharing. 

For this post I want to target sharing my a Windows Folder to be accessible on my Macbook, as it had been while I was using Windows 7. When I right-click the folder in question, select the Sharing tab, then click Share -> Share, I get the message "You folder can't be shared."

Any thoughts on the reason for this?

Its incredibly confusing because the folder is in fact shared even though when I look at the properties of the folder it says "not shared".

Hi,

Does this issue only occur to one folder? If so,

You can refer to this article:

Share files and folders on a network or a shared PC

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/share-files-folders

Have you found a solution yet? I know this thread is 4 month old. I have 4 new windows 8 laptops doing the same thing. If you right click and share the folder it tells you the folder cannot be shared. At first I thought it was a permissions issue but it's not.

Even though the folder properties show it's not shared you can right click on Computer/manage/shared folders/shares and it's in the directory as a shared folder and it's with any folder whether it is root or in a sub folder.  Once I figured out there is some sort of glitch and it IS shared I haven't worried about it any more but I would like to know. I set these up for SMB scanning from various MFP's and it's a stumper when you first run across it

Mike

• Edited by Mplough Wednesday, December 04, 2013 11:05 PM
• Proposed as answer by Daywriter 12 hours 43 minutes ago
• Unproposed as answer by Daywriter 12 hours 43 minutes ago

Have you found a solution yet? I know this thread is 4 month old. I have 4 new windows 8 laptops doing the same thing. If you right click and share the folder it tells you the folder cannot be shared. At first I thought it was a permissions issue but it's not.

Even though the folder properties show it's not shared you can right click on Computer/manage/shared folders/shares and it's in the directory as a shared folder and it's with any folder whether it is root or in a sub folder.  Once I figured out there is some sort of glitch and it IS shared I haven't worried about it any more but I would like to know. I set these up for SMB scanning from various MFP's and it's a stumper when you first run across it

Mike

• Edited by Mplough Wednesday, December 04, 2013 11:05 PM
• Proposed as answer by Daywriter Wednesday, May 27, 2015 6:41 PM
• Unproposed as answer by Daywriter Wednesday, May 27, 2015 6:42 PM

Once again, Microsoft demonstrates incredible incompetence. Sharing is thoroughly broken by what can only be described as not doing their job!!!!

plain old sharing  ==>  not working anymore!

homegroup  ==>  frustrating and not working

Skydrive  ==>   leave me ALONE you bastards - I want to share things locally on my ethernet!!!

I hate Microsoft sometimes. Windows 8 and 8.1 are terrible still and it's 2014

In setting up a new laptop computer, I tried everything but still got the "your folder can't be shared" message. Then I tried joining my home group (just joining it, not sharing anything through the home group sharing options page). And that fixed the problem!