HomeGroup is gone in Windows 10 version 1803!

Anonymous
2018-05-02T17:42:48+00:00

My PC upgraded to Windows 10 Pro version 1803 yesterday during automatic updates. This morning I attempted to view files in my network. Home Group is no longer available in this newest update. It seems in their wisdom they decided it was not needed and provided other solutions to share files/directories. I following the instructions to share files/directories via Windows Explorer. Guess what? You can not share directories only individual files at one time. This is not acceptable. After much trial and error I found a work around. As long as you have the name of the PC in your network you can enter "\PCNAME" and it should give you access. Bring back Home Group to the Windows operating system!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T18:17:38+00:00

    Windows Defender is turned on with every version of Windows 10, not just v1803.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T13:26:33+00:00

    Guys-

    Sorry for not replying earlier. After noodling/thinking through this for a few days, i did come to a solution. The essential problem was that i couldn’t get my stuff on PC to display on network connection to tv (i use directv). And the seeming lead suspect was that the smart dvd i run through couldnt connect to the internet.

    Turns out that in upgrading to build 1803, MS automatically turned on Windows Defender. (I have Norton running on pc’s, so dont need Defender.) When i discovered that & turned it off, all my PC shared files were now discoverable. 

    So, unless you’re using Defender for protection, that’s something to check. Easily accessed through settings-security. Cheers.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T00:13:18+00:00

    BeepSneedies:

    PS:  I posted a summary here:

    Missing HOMEPATH folders and files on networked computers after Windows 10 version 1803 update

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_10-networking/missing-homepath-folders-and-files-on-networked/caf1141c-3f75-45d2-b084-b005539ca4a0?tm=1526115361918&rtAction=1526130557158&lc=1033

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-06-14T00:01:42+00:00

    BeepSneedies,

    See my 2 earlier posts on this thread for a fix.  My network is 100% back to being fixed after the 1803 update removed Homegroups. I agree, Microsoft really screwed up and Linux is looking better and better.

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