Tips to Solve Windows Cannot Find the Network Path Error

If you face Windows cannot find the network path error on your computer’s Microsoft windows when try to access shared folder of other computer, then you can take a look on following tips to solve it, most likely the problem is caused by simple mistake. Who knows.. :)

1) Test to ping remote computer and it should work. If not there is network connectivity problem. You can use ping to troubleshoot this network problem on local and remote computers.

2) Ensure there is no firewall blocking (it can be Windows firewall, ZoneAlarm fierwall, antivirus firewall or other personal firewall) on remote computer that you have enabled file sharing. You need to allow file sharing traffic (i.e. port 137-139/445) on firewall if you wish to use it.

3) Maybe you did not enable file sharing correctly, have a look on file sharing articles in Windows Vista or XP sections. Don’t forget to click and enable File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks on network card’s properties.

4) If you have done everything correctly and still can’t resolve this problem, then maybe the problem is caused by corrupted winsock catalog. In this case, you can reset winsock catalog and test again.

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