"Windows cannot access \\RETROPIE"

Twitch0815

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

Thorndy

Yea I have tried both upper and lower case.

Twitch0815

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.

herb_fargus

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

wetriner

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.

Drakaen391

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

Thorndy

@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. :-)

Stefan

@Drakaen391

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

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/

mitu

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