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Unable to find Pi 3 for windows file explorer

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    MDtar7
    last edited by MDtar7 24 Mar 2020, 23:08

    Hello first I want to say I’m basically a noob so keep it as basic as possible but I thought someone here might be able to help, here’s my situation. So I gave up on my pi 3 a couple years ago after I updating to retropie 4.3.8(can’t remember what version I had prior). After doing so my Pi no longer is found by my PC to transfer roms nor found by WinSCP. So far I have verified my Pi and PC are on the same network and have tried typing in both ‘\retropie’ and the Pi’s IP address into file explorer and web browsers. I tried enabling SSH on the Pi and turned off firewall on the PC and still nothing.

    If anyone is willing to help I’d be thrilled, it’s been too long feeling like there’s no answer to this, let me know what other info I can provide because I’m sure I’m leaving stuff out , thanks in advance!

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      IceChes1
      last edited by 24 Mar 2020, 23:34

      You aren't typing in the right thing. You want \RETROPIE. If that doesn't work then use a USB stick.

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        Thorr69 @IceChes1
        last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 01:34

        @IceChes1 said in Unable to find Pi 3 for windows file explorer:

        You aren't typing in the right thing. You want \RETROPIE. If that doesn't work then use a USB stick.

        Yeah, and you didn't either.

        \\retropie
        or
        \\ip.ad.re.ss

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          MDtar7 @Thorr69
          last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 02:33

          @Thorr69 unfortunately none of these have worked

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            Parabolaralus @MDtar7
            last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 03:37

            @MDtar7 enable samba. It's the only thing you haven't mentioned and it doesn't work without SMB shares.

            It's set under Retropie setup, configuration, samba shares I believe.
            You might also have to change your network location on the computer to private as well, but try samba first.

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              MDtar7 @Parabolaralus
              last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 12:57

              @Parabolaralus so I just tried that and it ran code and installed what it needed for a few minutes for samba and it also enabled it but still no luck. Then I made sure I was set to public network and still nothing :/

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                Thorr69
                last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 12:59

                A couple of things to watch for with this:

                1. make sure both the computer and the Pi are using the same type of connection to your router. Many routers have built-in isolation between Wired and WiFi. SO if both are wired or both are wifi, they should see each other, but is one is wired and the other is wifi, then they will have difficulty. (My router has a setting for wireless isolation and I still can't get them to see each other if they are not both on the wired connection. Both wired, no problem.)
                2. I've found the Pi can get stuck with the wrong IP address internally. Sometimes I have to remove all devices from my router and force everything to re-acquire IP addresses. For instance, my Pi fires up and gets 192.1.68.1.3. Then I turn it off for a couple of days and when I come back, 1.3 is occupied by another device. But the Pi still keeps trying to use 1.3 even though it should have received a new Ip address. It causes lots of headaches. I run a pie 3b, so I found the only way to fix this was to keep everything wired and not use wifi on it.

                Those may or may not help, but they are what I have run into when dealing with this very problem. (I have the same problems with my OrangePi, too. I use a usb ethernet adapter on that one to solve it.)

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                  Thorr69 @MDtar7
                  last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 13:00

                  @MDtar7 said in Unable to find Pi 3 for windows file explorer:

                  Then I made sure I was set to public network and still nothing :/

                  You would want Private network, not Public. Public would hide all the devices from each other. Private is a trusted network and thus all the devices become visible to each other.

                  RPi 3b
                  Official PSU
                  Official RetroPie image
                  Pandora's Box 5 controller

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                    MDtar7 @Thorr69
                    last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 14:38

                    @Thorr69 sorry I meant private

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                      Jezza
                      last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 15:12

                      I type \\RETROPIE

                      I guess you would have tried this
                      my 2cents

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                        IceChes1
                        last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 17:12

                        Oops. Did I do one backslash? I meant two. Sorry for the typo.

                        HOME CONSOLE
                        Pi 4
                        SanDisk 64 GB
                        Master branch install
                        3.5 amp CanaKit PSU
                        Logitech F310, Dell keyboard, Dell mouse, JetFlash Transcend 16 GB USB stick
                        HANDHELD
                        Pi 0 W
                        SanDisk 32 GB
                        Random image I found. Had a driver I needed.
                        IPEGA PG-9157 USB Receiver

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                          Parabolaralus @IceChes1
                          last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 21:05

                          @IceChes1 Lets narrow down this issue. What is the IP address of your computer and your Pi?
                          You can find it by opening a command prompt on the computer and type in ipconfig hit enter.
                          On the Pi exit emulationstation and its listed right up top.

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                            MDtar7 @Parabolaralus
                            last edited by 25 Mar 2020, 23:44

                            @Parabolaralus Pi 192.168.0.123
                            PC 192.168.0.31

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                              UDb23 @MDtar7
                              last edited by 26 Mar 2020, 05:18

                              @MDtar7 Have you checked if your PC can reach Pi's IP ?
                              From windows command prompt, use ping command:
                              PING 192.168.0.123

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                                MDtar7 @UDb23
                                last edited by 26 Mar 2020, 12:43

                                @UDb23 yes I did ping the Pi’s IP and it worked

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                                  matchaman
                                  last edited by 26 Mar 2020, 13:16

                                  If none of the above works, restart your PC, disconnect from the internet and use a wired connection.

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                                    Parabolaralus @MDtar7
                                    last edited by 26 Mar 2020, 19:23

                                    @MDtar7 Im running out of ideas, but try enabling SMB 1.0 support on your PC.
                                    Its in Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows Feature On or Off and select SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support. Restart your computer and try it again.
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