you need a crossover type cable to accomplish it.
I just used a USB 3.0 male-to-male cable to connect my desktop's USB 3.0 port to a laptop's USB 3.0 port. I'm not too surprised that it doesn't do anything. What am I missing? What else do I need to transfer data from one to the other?
Both run Windows 7.

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