Windows 10: Is there a solution to computers not showing in network explorer? win 11 pro

I have been battling for some years now with network computers not showing on network explorer even if i can connect to them with a address?Any solution appreciated

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After 1511 update, other network computers don't show up in file explorer>network

My network setup= 3-Win 7 Pro desktop computers, 1-Win 10 Pro laptop.

All computers were just fine and could be seen in windows explorer>network on win 7. I upgraded the laptop to Win 10 ver. 10240 on 8/4/15 and all was still fine as I could see all the Win 7 computers in file explorer>network on the Win 10 laptop and vice/versa.

Since I never received the Nov. update to ver. 1511, I used the Media Creation Tool on 2/3/16 to upgrade to ver. 1511.

All went fine EXCEPT that NONE of the Win 7 computers show up in file explorer>network on the
Win 10 laptop. The Win 10 laptop shows up and can be accessed just fine on the Win 7 computers.

On the Win 10 laptop, I can type in one of the other computers names in the file explorer address bar (
L: \\othercomputername\ ) and hit enter and it will list that computer under network and I can access it as before BUT as soon as I close file explorer, I have to go through the whole process
again.

I have seen other post's as to this problem but no solutions. Does anyone know of a fix for this irritation?

Thank you for any help.

 

Win 10 Explorer not showing Network drives

Win Explorer shows my network as < empty > on one of my PC's

A little background info. I have 2 PC's and 2 laptops connected on my home network, all running Win 10 and up until a few weeks ago, everything worked fine. Have not added any new software or changed any settings unless inadvertently. Basically, it was working in the morning and not working later in the day.

So now -
Recently, all three other machines can see my PC as a Network drive, and can access it. However, on my PC, the Network listing shows as empty.

I've reviewed the Network and Local Services settings of one laptop and my pc but could not find anything relating to networking that was different.

I then setup some Network Locations using the " \\Laptop\Users " setup. This gave me an Explorer entry under My Computer as Laptop but clicking on it showed only a Default and Default.migrated folders. The URL bar showed > Network > Laptop > Users






Just for fun, I clicked on Laptop in the URL bar and lo and behold I had access to all the Laptop folders, which could now be navigated, AND, in the left hand pane, the highlight dropped from Laptop to Network. However, clicking now on Network said < this folder is empty >









So, I have a feeling that my network and sharing settings are fine, it's Explorer 11 that's acting strange.


Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

After 1511 update, other network computers don't show up in file explorer>network

Thank you for the followup response Jenith. Unfortunately neither method works. The only antivirus is windows defender that came with windows.

Here is my network setup so maybe it will shed some light:

There are 4 computers on my workgroup network, 3 of which have assigned IP's and the Win 10 is Obtain IP auto, all but one ( which as a shared folder ) having my named administrator account and the same password on all.

Computer 1= workstation 2, Win 7 Pro
64 bit ( which doesn't show up on the Win 10 in network list ).

Computer 2= workstation, an older Win 7 Pro
32 bit which I seldom have on. I just happened to have it on yesterday and it showed up on the Win 10 in file explorer>network listing.

Computer 3= XXXX-PC which is my girlfriends computer, Win 7 Pro
64 bit with a "Shared folder" that I can access because I have an account setup on it. But it
no longer shows up on the Win 10 computer in the network listing.

Computer 4= workstation 5, HP ProBook 450 G2 i7, Started as Win 7 Pro
64 bit upgraded to Win 10 ver. 10240 which showed
all of networked computers, upgraded to ver. 1511 which now only shows itself and the 32 bit Win 7 computer in file explorer>network.

Conclusion so far, for some unknown reason the 32 bit old computer shows up but the newer 64 bit computers
do not show up. Evidently when opening file explorer, it search's for other computers on the network but it is only finding the 32 bit. I'm assuming that there is a setting somewhere that must change when ver.
1511 is applied.

Any help to shed light on the problem would be appreciated, thanks.