@Tedz1 >There was an old windows trick that I actually just had to lookup. >If you create a file called .nomedia in every directory you didn't want scanned it would skip that directory for media...

@IrvSp Hi IrvSp, thanks for suggestion. Unfortunately sharing media as password protected files will not work my older media Centre - it expect a public media server and does not have means to...

@Tony @ghowriter This is actually a security risk. I may share files and directories with a password, but by design media server does not have a password - if I cannot limit which of shared file...

Older models of TP-Link routers allowed me to select different directories for the file sharing server and the media server. For some reason the C5400X (and juding by online emulators other newer...

@Tony @ghowriter I second need for better control over media server, and suggesting just turning off sharing some directories is NOT a solution. I have backups and saved games - which have pictures...

I had similar problem (with a different old Router). Windows 10 decided to turn of SMB1 by default for security reasons. If you router uses SMB1 (mine did) this will give problems. One solution, if...