Windows 10: Windows 10 refresh leaves PC unable to connect to Homegroup

I've five Windows 10 pc's on home network connected to Homegroup for sharing.
I performed Windows 10 refresh keeping personal settings on 3 pc's; hopegroup is fine.
I performed a windows 10 refresh keeping personal settings on a fourth pc; now it won't connect to Homegroup, warning 'Windows can't set up a Homegroup on this Computer.' I've tried restarts, deleted files in each pc's peer folder. McAfee Total Protection has all five pc's seeing each other's security status. I've shut off the McAfee while trying to fix Homegroup.
Any ideas?I mainly want UPNP/DNLA to work, which I believe it still does. Maybe there's not a problem, but Homegroup worked before and I'd like it to work now.
Thanks!

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Cannot Leave HomeGroup From Linked PC

To anyone in the Community that can help me with this issue.

I recently updated my 2 PC's (1 Desktop connected to modem via Ethernet, & 1 Laptop connected via Wi-Fi), to the Fall Creators Update.

On the Laptop PC, the HomeGroup cannot see the files on my Desktop PC. What I'm trying to do is leave the HomeGroup

from that PC so that I can rejoin the HomeGroup after creating a new password on the Desktop PC, so that the Laptop PC

can see the files on the Desktop.

However, I don't see the option in the HomeGroup window on the Laptop to leave the HomeGroup so that I can reset it.

My question is since the Fall Creators Update, is there a change in the way that you can leave a HomeGroup, or am I wrong?

Also I tried to access the idstore.sst file in the PeerNetworking folder to leave the
HomeGroup, but can't access it.

What do I do now if I want to leave the HomeGroup using that method?

Any assistance resolving this issue is very much appreciated. Thanks.

 

Windows 10 Network and Homegroup problems, also not able to leave Homegroup

Old title: Windows 10 Network and Homegroup

We have two computers at home, which are Ethernet connected to the router. In Windows Explorer each computer can see both computers under network. Selecting one's own computer one can see oneself listed as a user, but the remote computer does not show
the user other than default. This is identical on both computers.

Selecting Homegroup in Windows Explorer tells you there is no Homegroup available, when there is one on the remote computer.

Going to Homegroup in Control Panel and selecting Leave Homegroup gives a message Windows 10 is unable to leave Homegroup.

I am assuming the Homegroup problems stem from the network not seeing the other user.

Any advice on the network user problem or a method of removing a Homegroup, so one can start again creating/joining one, would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Ed

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UPNP has security holes and it needs to not be used. DNLA is just a group that created one way of allowing music and videos to be streamed from one device to another. As for Home Group, stop using it to only get access to the Library Short cuts and start using regular Network Sharing.

I would personally dump McAfee, because the only thing that it does is give you imaginary protection of your computer, but still lets in malware. There are better programs out there.

 

• I'll be happier not spending so many hours trying to make Homegroup work again. I had assumed it was essential for file sharing on the home network, e.g. playing music files from another pc on the home network; but apparently it's not.
• I can stop using UPNP and Homegroup; and learn more about the 'regular Network Sharing' in TenForums.
• McAfee Total Protection was reviewed highly in what I had read; what AV programs would work better? Windows Defender?

I recall having read warnings about UPNP's security flaws before.
Thank you! *Smile

 

Home Group was some failed project for companies like Sony and Intel who were pushing for being able to access all computers running windows in the house, along with being able to stream. The problem with Home Group is that something fails to cause computers to sync for the libraries, you are better off mapping to those hard drives.

I use a Synology DS216+2 for file storage and also as a Plex server. You can upgrade the RAM to 8 GB and go as large as 8TB hard drives. I am only doing a 3TB for backups and two 1TB in the unit. It has been a godsend that I can upload files to it quicker than a computer and stream at the same time. It is not like windows where there is always something that causes downloads to slow down.