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Cant log into Ubuntu 20.04 Samba share from Windows 10

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I'm at my wit's end. I've tried everything but can't get a samba share on Ubuntu 20.04 to work from Windows 10.

On Ubuntu, i installed samba and made a folder /home/share. I created a linux user "samba" and added it to the samba group with smbpasswd -a samba. I then chown'd the folder to samba:sambashare.

The relevant section of my smb.conf:

[sharefolder]
        comment = public
        path = /home/share
        create mask = 0664
        guest ok = yes
        public = yes
        browseable = yes
        writable = yes
        readonly = no

I've turned off firewalls on both machines temporarily to make sure there is no interference. I enabled smb1 on the add windows features page. I enabled insecure guest logins in gpedit.

Under This PC, opening Run and using either the lan ip or the hostname of the ubuntu box (\server\sharefolder) or (\192.168.x.xxx\sharefolder) I get Windows cannot access \server\sharefolder. You do not have permission to access \server\sharefolder.
Trying Add a network location in This PC for \server\sharefolder I get a credentials login popup. Trying samba for user and entering the password I get "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another." Trying Map a Network Drive to \server\sharefolder as Drive X: and selecting "connect using different credentials" using username samba just finally worked after I typed all this, when it previously did not.

Can anyone tell me why it took mapping the drive to get it to work?

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