Windows 10: shared computer is not showing in file explorer

Hi,

I am trying to set up a file sharing system between two windows 10 computers,

one is a desktop and the other is a laptop.


I have partially succeeded because the laptop can see the desktop and itself in 'network' in file explorer however, the desktop cannot view the laptop most of the time.

Sometimes it appears irregularly but most of the time, the desktop does not 'see' the laptop.


Pinging the devices works and also I have tried the following on both computers:


SMB Protocol Turned on


The following services are on:


Computer Browser Service

Function Discovery Provider Host

Function Discovery Resource Publication

Network Connections

Peer Name Resolution Protocol

Peer Network Grouping

Peer Networking Identity Manager

SSDP Discovery

UPnP Device Host



The two computers are connected to router by wifi and I have enabled NETBIOS over TCP/IP in the wifi settings - IPv4 properties


Also all the discovery settings in advanced sharing settings are turned on.



Help will be much appreciated because having only one computer accessing the other is not very useful.

Thanks.

:)

 

Windows 7 File Sharing between computers, PROBLEMS!!

Just do a file transfer in explorer from one computer to the other and see what speed you get. I would suggest avoiding homegroup and using a proper network setup instead.

 

Computers not showing in File Explorer

After updating four Windows 10 systems on a private LAN to the April 2018 Creators Update, each of their File Explorers now shows a different set of computers as being on the LAN. One system correctly lists all four computers, and I can therefore access
all network shared folders/files from it. Two of the systems only list themselves (and therefore one can't get to other shared folders/files). And the fourth system lists only one of the other systems (& not itself).

So, how can I get each system to correctly list all the others (so that all shared folders/files can be accessed everywhere)? On one of the systems, I have tried the following without success:

Ran Windows Network Diagnostic;

Checked that Network Discovery is on;

Reinstalled network driver;

netsh winsock reset

netsh int ip reset

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

ipconfig /flushdns

Started Function Discovery Resource Publication Service (it was off, afterwards that system itself showed up as network computer)

Enabled SMB 1.0 (wasn't)

Performed a "Network Reset"

Created "give access to..." shared folders on one system giving Everyone & other individual system Users access rights (thinking that maybe a system is only visible on the network if an shareable object exists on it)

I'm at wits end...help, please!

 

SHARING FILES WITH WINDOWS 7

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

• Have you made any changes on your PC?
• Did you perform any Windows update recently?
• Are you connected to Domain network?

I suggest you to try the below steps and check if that helps.

1. To share files over file explorer refer the following
   
   article.
2. Refer article for
   file sharing over a network.

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking, Yes or No.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community - Moderator