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Here is short description how I get my network sharing work with Windows 10 v1803.
(I haven't never use Homegroup so I start directly from step 2.)
Disconnect from non-existing Homegroup if you have used it.
2.1. All PC's: Check Network profile and Network discovery and Share settings
Sometimes this selection to change between Private and Public network profile is missing from Settings / Networks page. In that case profile must change by PowerShell. Right Click Windows Icon (Start button) and open PowerShell (Admin) and use following commands to get interface index number and change profile to Private (or Public):
Get-NetConnectionProfile
Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex <index number> -NetworkCategory Private
2.2. All PC's: Check Network Discovery and Share settings
Push Win Key and type "Services", locate these services.
- Function Discovery Provider Host
- Function Discovery Resource Publication
- SSDP Discovery
4.1. Check your current shares.
Open file explorer and type \localhost to address bar to see what shares are made in this computer.
4.2. Create new share (here I use folder "Test").
(Setting "Turn on sharing so anyone …" in Step 2.2. make share for folders in C:\Users automatic.)
Folder is now shared and Network share path is: \PCNAME\Test
4.3. Safe way to share folders.
Create user account to all users on your network to whom you want to give access to shared resources.
Use same user ID and password which they have on their own computers.
Right click "Test" and open Properties and select Security tab to see current settings.
Default security settings are shown in next picture.
Those settings allow access to shared folder(s) only for those users who have user ID on that computer.
4.4. Sharing folder "Test" to Everyone" (Very unsafe setting! Think carefully do you need to select this!)
If you want that everyone have access to that share then go to Security tab and:
Now anyone on your home network should have access to shared folders without credentials or having user account on your computer.
This should be cover the essentials to sharing your data over local network. This share is not limited to C:\Users folder, every folder can be handled like shown in steps 4.
Now your PC's should visible, but if not then try to reset all network settings:
Go to Settings / Network & Internet / Status, scroll down to find "Network reset, on next window click "Reset Now" button.
It will takes about 5 min to perform this reset and then PC reboot automatic.
When you sing in first time you get notification something like "Do you want your PC to be access by other computers", click Yes for that.
If you get error message "Windows cannot access \PC_NAME" when you try to connect shared folders then continue to step 6.
If you get error "\PCNAME path not found" you can solve this by adding your PC's and IP-addresses to hosts file.
6.1 New routers (or modems) may have feature to remember which IP-addresses are assign to each device, but with older routers (or modems) you have to check that your router or modem is set give predefined IP-addresses linked to each PC's MAC-address.
This way PC's will get same IP-address every time when it ask IP-address form router (or modem) DHCP-server.
There should be some kind of list of PC names with MAC addresses and given IP-addresses of each connected PC.
Picture show that list on my router. In my case with old router I had to select manual assignment in each line.
6.2. Add all PC's IP-addresses and Names to hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts).
You can check your IP-address and PC's name by opening command prompt (CMD)
For IP-address type command: ipconfig you get line like this: IPv4 Address ………. 192.168.100.101
For PC name type command: hostname
Write down IP-address and Name of each PC and add those to that hosts file.
To edit copy hosts file to some another location, right click it and use notepad to edit and save it. Replace original file with edited file. Because hosts file is located on system folder replace will ask administrators rights to perform it.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
192.168.100.101 PC1 # Ethernet
192.168.100.102 PC2 # Ethernet
192.168.100.202 PC2 # Wi-Fi
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So any way I get error code 0x80070035 Network Path Not found (With in the GUI) and I run the windows diagnostics. And Windows diagnostics can't Identify the problem. And now I have tried these steps to fix the problem and it has not fixed this. I guess I pay the $149 a year for the Assure Software Support plan. Because I give up Or reformat the hard drive and put windows 7 Pro back on this system.
I had a similar problem. But after power cycling the router and all pc's it would work again. I have 11 pc's that i maintain in a small growing company. They used to use homegroup, but after the removal of homegroup it went sideways. Strange this is i have recently installed another 2 desktops. I added them to the reservation on the ip table but did not edit the host files, they work fine. I did have to change the sharing settings and the network setting to private. I am currently setting up google drive for them to share files. This works flawlessly.
I am having the same problem I followed all of these steps and I still have a NO Go. , This HP Pavilion is not seeing other computers. If I type the IP or computer name in the run command , I get a response that the computer cant be found. But if I run a Tracert command through the command prompt the computers are located with no problem.
None of this worked. Not one single step was as described here, not one. No processes were the same, no windows appeared the same.
Do I have the only Windows 10 machine in the world that is completely different from all other Windows 10 machines?
I am an admin with no admin rights on my machine. I can't change the host file.
All this because Microsoft is too **** stupid to create a one-click file sharing setup.
Don't mess with your network and change from Dynamic to Static IP.
If you messed with your PC's, probably need to Network Reset them.
If you messed with modem settings, then you need to reset it too or change the settings back.
This will help you. Set up initial settings on link below
Then look in your modem table
or on each PC gather the IP address for each
Settings>>Network & Internet>>Status>>Change connection properties
on the bottom is your PC IP address
Now create shortcut to all your PC's
copy them to all Network PC's Public folder location.
No more problems and your Public folder will be just like your Network folder was to access other computers and share content.
Hopefully Microsoft will get this fixed in the Fall v1809 Update.
"I am an admin with no admin rights on my machine. I can't change the host file."
Did you do as I wrote?
"To edit copy hosts file to some another location, right click it and use notepad to edit and save it. Replace original file with edited file. Because hosts file is located on system
folder replace will ask administrators rights to perform it."
Save it to that temporary location where you copy that file at the beginning.
When it's edited and saved then replace original hosts file by copying that edited file over original file. When it ask rights to perform copy then click "Continue". If your account has administrator rights then you shouldn't have any problems.
