Allow Insecure Connections from PowerShell

Sometimes when installing a fresh Windows you might not be able to connect to a shared network drive. This is especially true with Windows 11 and 24H2and up. There is a easy solution for this. I searched for hours to find this so to save you time here's the fix (might not work for you depending on the issue).

The short explanation. Windows 11 Home 25H2 that I use have added more secure and strict network features. This prevents Windows from discovering drives in your network that are not "verified" and have no secure connection, even if you have a username and password. What we need to do is open up insecure connections and allow guest access.

Allow Insecure Connections from PowerShell.

The final method to fix the error "Network path not found – 0x80070035" in Windows 11 24H2, is to allow the insecure guest logons, using PowerShell.*

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator (important) and use the following three (3) commands one by one:

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true -Force

Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false -Force

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false -Force

Restart to make sure and try to connect again using \\mynetworkdrive or \\drivesipadress from explorer.

If you have any other tips, leave them in the comments.