· I need assistance linking Roon to my Vault2. For the pathway, I have entered the one I used with my former computer, as follows: \\VAULT2-2CB9\SHARED\MUSIC, but the Roon form dismisses that as incorrect. GPT suggested I use the IP address of my router, but that didn't work either. This is beyond frustrating.
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· Orbi93, hardwired to my Vault2. My computer, where Roon is now housed, is also hardwired, so it's all one system.
To be precise, Windows 11 has disabled guest fallback for third-party network storage shareas by default.
This can cause generic errors when attempting to point Roon to a network share. Please try following the steps in the article above. Here’s a more complete version of the same process from Microsoft:
Just for due diligence, can you confirm that you’ve tried the steps @alex_h suggested to enable guest network access permissions on Windows 11? That particular operating system will, by default, prevent Roon from accessing a third-party network storage location.
Here are the instructions you’ll need to try. This is a more complete version of what Alex sent above:
If you’ve already tried this step and still see this Vault location greyed out in Roon, then please forgive the redundancy and let us know.
This thread is now closing due to inactivity, but the steps above will likely resolve the issue if you still have any problems.
If you’re still unable to connect to this storage location or have another problem, you can reactivate the topic thread by submitting a new request here and following the relevant prompts. Our team will re-open the case as necessary. Thank you!