Windows 10: Homegroup created by a computer no longer on the network

I realize there are other threads on the topic of Homegroups but I did not want to hijack any. I upgraded two desktops (from win 7 and win 8.1) to Win 10. While I love it, I must say it did not go as smoothly as I anticipated (and I consider myself reasonably computer savvy).

Right now I am trying to solve an issue with a HomeGroup. It is in a state of flux, and I tried everything I could think of. The main problem is be that one (or sometimes both) desktops see a HomeGroup that was created long time ago by a computer I no longer had. Naturally, I don't have the password to it. When I turn one computer off, the other one seems to be OK to create a new HomeGroup, but once I turn on the first computer, all goes awry again.

Is there any way to reset it to original state? Thanks.

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Windows 10 update messed up HomeGroup; now even main computer can't access the HomeGroup it created

I entered the password for the homegroup (on the same computer that created it) and after thinking about it for ages, Windows decided, "Windows no longer detects a homegroup on this network. To create a new homegroup, click OK, and then open HomeGroup in
Control Panel."

But when I follow those directions and go to HomeGroup in Control Panel, it says, "jdoe on main-computer has created a homework on the network," and gives me a "Join now" button. I click the button... and the vicious circle starts again.

 

how to stop homegroup, buy not really...

This is a strange problem, the Network and Sharing Center says I have created a homegroup, but it only shows the "join now" button. I cannot turn off (leave) the homegroup because I have not actually joined yet, I guess, so that I could try and create a
new homegroup; because when I click on the "join now" button and paste in the password, I get a message: "Windows no longer detects a homegroup on this network. To create a new homegroup click OK, and then open HomeGroup in Control Panel." If I open HomeGroup
in the Control Panel, it's the same thing, just the "join now" button. There is nothing about leaving the homegroup or creating a new homegroup.

If I right click on the network icon in the notification area, there is a "HomeGroup: Available to join" link listed with my active network, but it just opens the same page with the information that I have created a homegroup on the network and the "join
now" button.

In brief, Windows is saying I have created a homegroup, but I cannot join it or leave it either. This is the same on the second computer I would like to connect to. There is a homegroup and a "join now" button, but then the message "Windows is no longer
detecting a homegroup on this network"; because of course, I am not connected to the homegroup on the first computer, which is where the homegroup was originally created.

A few months ago I changed the 500 GB Hard Drive for a 500 GB SSD drive on the first (primary) computer, and I don't know if I've used the homegroup since then or not. Could this have anything to do with the problem?

How can I create a new homegroup or at least fix the one that exists but doesn't exist?

 

I'm no expert but I had a similar situation. I replaced my old (Win 7 32 bit) PC with a new one, running Win 10. But I forgot that the homegroup had been created by the Win7 PC and the other PCs were still connecting to that homegroup.

The solution was to turn on all PCs in the group, and then select Leave homegroup on all of them. Once a homegroup has no members it disappears. After that you create a new homegroup on whichever PC you want.

For the password, there should be an option somewhere on the homegroup screen, on a PC that is still joined to it, to "Show or print homegroup password".

 

Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately, that does not work for me. As of right now, both computers claim that the old computer - that I no longer have - has created a homework on the network.