How do i renable connecting a network drive using SMB1 since Windows 1709

Solution 1:

The problem was that although I had sucessfully reinstalled SMB1, the SMB1 client had not been enabled, so if you hit this problem there are two stages.

First Reinstall SMB1.0

• In Task bar search for Windows Powershell then Run as Administrator
• Run Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName smb1protocol
• Reboot

Now re-enable Client Support

• In Taskbar search for Control Panel and start it
• Select Program and Features
• Select Turn Windows Features On and Off on the top left handside
• Find SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support in list
• Click on the + button to expand
• Ensure all three SMB options are enabled
• Click OK
• Reboot