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    "Windows cannot access \\RETROPIE"

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      Thorndy
      last edited by Thorndy

      \RETROPIE was a typo in my post. I did type \\RETROPIE.
      I already went to the Wiki page. Thats how I knew how to use \\RETROPIE

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        Twitch0815
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        are you still doing caps. I see the issue with \\ is formatting you need to add an extra slash but your typing it in all upercase.
        Try \\raspberrypiip

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          Thorndy
          last edited by

          Yea I have tried both upper and lower case.

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            Twitch0815
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            Download winscp

            Open WinScp
            Select SCP from file protocol
            Type in the ip of your raspberry pi
            type in pi in the username
            type in raspberry in the password category
            it will give you a file level view to transfer roms.

            IF that does not connect see if your pc can ping the ip of your raspberry pi and troubleshoot from there.

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            • herb_fargusH
              herb_fargus administrators
              last edited by

              I've realised similar issues on my pi3 with the hostname. instead of using the hostname, reboot your pi just in case there is a weird network issue (sometimes I have to reboot my pi after I connect, you could probably technically restart the network services instead but I'm too lazy and its easier for me to reboot) and then as @Twitch0815 said use the raspberry pi Ip address so in my case its: \\192.168.0.107

              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                wetriner
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                I've actually always had this problem. I haven't ever changed the pi hostname, but I do have my pi set to a static IP now because of this. I can't access with smb:\\RETROPIE or smb:\\retropie. Also with putty I cannot connect with RETROPIE or retropie. I can however connect to the pi with both methods using the IP address without fail, and I can get into all the samba share folders no problem.

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                • Drakaen391D
                  Drakaen391
                  last edited by

                  In most cases you have to look it up via IP address...

                  On Windows though, go to My Computer then click map network drive, then click browse and click on the Retropie folder to map...

                  If it doesn't show up then you may have a firewall issue...

                  To find the IP address you can either check your router interface or go to WiFi settings on the Retropie menu

                  RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
                  Retropie (Latest Stable)
                  PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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                    Thorndy @Drakaen391
                    last edited by

                    @Drakaen391 said:

                    On Windows though, go to My Computer then click map network drive, then click browse and click on the Retropie folder to map...

                    Thank you! This solved my problem. :-)

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                      Stefan @Drakaen391
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                      @Drakaen391

                      I Cant thank you enough ... finally a solution to my problem.

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                        trevevs
                        last edited by trevevs

                        I know its quite old, but I had issues getting to my pi3 over anon SAMBA- had to do this..worked for me https://www.techcrumble.net/2018/03/you-cant-access-this-shared-folder-because-your-organizations-security-policies-block-unauthenticated-guest-access/

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @trevevs
                          last edited by

                          @trevevs I wouldn't recommend this solution, especially if your PC has a GPO pushed by the organisation that own said PC.

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