Enable Admin Share Using The Registry

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Enable Admin Share Using The Registry

Enable admin share using the registry

From the computer you’d like to enable the admin share, click Start or Cortana and immediately type “cmd“. From the list of results, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Copy and paste the following command into the Command Prompt window and hit enter.

REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Reboot the computer.

You can now browse to the computer’s admin share using a local administrative account of the machine. For example:

\\computername\c$