Most of the time people have this problem right after creating a new LAN Connection in their network and mainly the error popup message appears when every time you try to open the shared folder located on the other computer. “ Windows Cannot Access \\ Computer Name ” is mainly a network-related problem of your Local Area Connection and generally this error occurs due to the lack of network permissions, improper installed Network Drivers, and sometimes a single corrupted Windows Registry can be the reason too. How to fix the ‘Network Error – Windows Cannot Access \\ Shared Drive’ Error?