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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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Steve,
Okay I just proved to myself that I'm not actually using "Settings > System > Shared Experience> Nearby Sharing using WiFi" because I turned the feature off restarted both computers, the drive and folders were still discoverable and accessible. I have no explanation other than I'm on version 1809 of windows and flipping that feature on enabled network discovery.
Larry
Steve,
I'm going to share the link to a very comprehensive tutorial I came across on Windows 10 Forum. Please check it out for future reference as it shows several ways to share files.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/111783-share-files-folders-over-network-windows-10-a.html
Larry
Steve,
I confirmed that both my desktop towers are connected by ethernet only and WiFi is turned off on the both of them. I was able to run Microsoft SyncToy to add new ripped music to my media server. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this still works after Microsoft's next big update.
Larry
Larry,
So you are saying that "Settings > System > Shared Experience> Nearby Sharing using WiFi" appears to have worked for Ethernet too? The process that I reported earlier in this thread worked, but it involved several steps so finding something that is simpler would be nice.
Steven, both my desktops are connected to my Netgear R7000 router via ethernet and my laptop by internal WiFi card. My drives and files are discoverable either way.
