Windows 10: Admin Shares Don’t Work in WorkGroup

When using Microsoft Windows 10, you may find that admin shares do not work as they used to when working with a workgroup. When attempting to connect, you will be prompted for a username and password, but a message will appear saying “Access is denied”.

There is a registry tweak that fixes this issue. Perform these steps from the computer you’re attempting to connect to.

Manually Edit the Registry
1. Hold the Windows Key, and press “R” to bring up the Run dialog.
2. Type “regedit“, then press “Enter“.
3. Navigate to

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
• SOFTWARE
• Microsoft
• Windows
• CurrentVersion
• Policies
• System

4. Right-click a blank area on the right side of the screen and select “New” > “DWORD 32-bit value“.
5. Give it a name of “LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy“, then press “Enter“.
6. Double-click “LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy” to change the “Value” to “1“.
7. Select “OK” and you’re done.

You should now be able to connect to the machine’s admin share over a workgroup.

cmd : reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v "LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f