IPv6 is on, but can't join homegroup!

have had this problem and the only way out was to create homegroup with a temporary user and then share libraries of your main account. You can delete the temp. user later on.
I can consistently reproduce this problem by placing my user profile folder to a different partition,
C:\ for Windows etc.
D:\Username (ProfilesDirectory="D:\" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList)

Definite bug

Anyone?

shawn10's Solution Worked for me.

I had Vista x64 preinstalled on my laptop and I upgraded to Win7 Ultimate.
Could not connect to HomeGroup due to lacking IPV6. I did what shawn10 recommended, rebooted and then I could immediately connect to the HomeGroup (with password since I created the HomeGroup on my stationary some time ago)

THANK YOU Shawn10

shawn10 said:

Thanks Ken! But I found a solution to my problem. Apparently, not sure why, but Windows did not change the settings in the registry after enabling IPv6. I found a solution over here.


For anyone else having this problem:


1. Click Start. Search for run and press enter. In the field, type regedit and press OK.

2. In the registry, navigate to the following [COLOR=#7DA7D9 ! important][COLOR=#7DA7D9 ! important]registry [COLOR=#7DA7D9 ! important]key[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\Tcpip6
\Parameters

3. In the right pane, right-click on “DisabledComponents” and select modify. In the value data field, type “0″ (without quotations) and press OK.
4. Reboot your computer and it should work. It did for me.

Thought i would bump this thread rather than start a new one.

i was having the same problem as Shawn10, gettting the ipv6 is disabled message when trying to set up homegroup. its the first time i have had this problem, and i have been using homegroup since the pre beta stage.

This is the first time i have tried to set up a homegroup with windows 7 build 7600 x64 on both my laptop and desktop. i have had no issue with any of the pre beta builds, RC, or even with my desktop running the RC & laptop Build 7600, but now that i have retail on both i am getting nowhere fast.

To start with I was completely unable to create a homegroup on either. I was getting the IPV6 error

When i followed the instructions in Shawn10's post, and i set Disabled Components to 0, I am able to create a homegroup and have the laptop join it with out issue, but neither recognises each other after this point. When I go back to the registry i notice that Disabled Components has reset itself from "0" to "ff"

Is there anyway to stop this resetting itself?

I will be very grateful for any help in resolving this matter.

Do you have to do this on all computer's?

Thanks for the replies Guys, but i decided to set up a network workgroup instead, which i was able to do without any issues whatsoever. TBH it was my own stubborness that led to me persisiting with the homegroup

I thought the idea of homegroup was so that even the least knowledgable of users could share files across a network?

latherton said:

Do you have to do this on all computer's?

TBH it was inconsistent, one minute i would be able to create a homegroup, and even on occasion join it, and i would get the user icon, but nothing happened when i clicked on it.

then i would leave it and try again, and it wouldn't even recognise the same computer it had done minutes previously

Then i would get the ipv6 is disabled error message

tbernstein said:

Homegroup


Crazily, Win7 sees IPv6 as disabled unless there is a disableditems key that says nothing is disabled.

i set the disabled components from ff that it was showing to 0, then restart. i would then get the option to set up the homegroup, but still could not join them. When i looked in the registry again, the disabled components value had reset itself to ff.

it was at this point i gave up on the hoimegroup, and had a workgroup set up in a couple of minutes, and 2 days later it is still working perfectly

I have been using 7 since build 6801, and have never had issue with the homegroup, it always found itself without much intervention from myself. It worked when both PC's were pre beta, when they were both beta, when they were both RC, when they were a combo of RC & Retail, but not when they were both retail

thanks very much for taking the time to reply guys

Thanks Shawn10, fixed all my computers! Going to use your fix on my friends computers too!

MY GOD

Thank you Shawn10

I've been trying to find a fix for this forever!
Just found your log and its worked a treat.
Been using Win7 beta and RC for about 12 months, just upgraded with a family pack and you've helped sort this problem

Well done