After months of smooth sharing "Your folder can't be shared."

madhatter

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After months of smooth sharing "Your folder can't be shared."

I used to share folders without problems on this W7SP1Ult64 with an XP32Pro machine.
Not anymore.
I can't imagine why. All I did recently was swapping a slowly failing (not system) 1TB HDD for a 2TB HDD. Then I played around with partition letters.
Now no matter what I do, no matter where: Your folder can't be shared.

I tried everything shown in: Your Folder Can't Be Shared Error Message in Windows 7 - YouTube
Actually, I didn't have to do anything except for: I believe DHCP Client (maybe one of the others listed) was on manual, so I switched it to automatic.
Your folder can't be shared.
I did not install a virtual machine nor am I aware of doing so in the past.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.
 

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WinXPPro32SP3, WinXPPro64SP2, Win7Ult32SP1, W...Athlon II X2 240 2.8GHz4GBRadeon HD 5670 1024MB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home brewed
OS
WinXPPro32SP3, WinXPPro64SP2, Win7Ult32SP1, Win7Ult64SP1
CPU
Athlon II X2 240 2.8GHz
Motherboard
ASRock ALiveNF7G-GLAN
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon HD 5670 1024MB
Sound Card
integrated Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
BENQ
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Barracuda 500GB,
Barracuda 2TB,
Maxtor 500GB,
Barracuda 1,5TB
PSU
Gigabyte Superb 550P
Internet Speed
30Mbit/3Mbit
I have the opposite problem and do not want to share but am unable to turn that off even with admin rights.

I am thinking of disabling the homegroup.

If you did not make any changes to your setup, who or what did?

Maybe a program that was recently installed made changes.
 

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Win 7 64
OS
Win 7 64
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