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.) Only for those PC's which are still using Windows 10 v1709 or older: 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 https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/f7770a4f-8e37-48c9-a436-2fe4e8e12ca0?platform=QnA All PC's: Set Start type to Automatic and start following services that allow PC's to be visible on Network. (Reboot.) Push Win Key and type "Services", locate these services. - Function Discovery Provider Host - Function Discovery Resource Publication - SSDP Discovery UPnP Device Host Setting shares. 4.1. Check your current shares. Open file explorer and type \localhost to address bar to see what shares are made in this computer. ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/d9a66593-0cd1-499b-908f-36a6854f27c1?platform=QnA 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: Click Edit On Permission dialog click Add. New dialog open and you can add "Everyone" to that list https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/c1f22caa-ec01-4f49-8c76-01b18ed8061f?platform=QnA When back to Permissions dialog select which rights you want to give to "Everyone". Now anyone on your home network should have access to shared folders without credentials or having user account on your computer. Now when click Network on File Explorer all your PC's should be visible in Computer and Network sections. 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. There is some bug on Windows 10 1803 and because of that PC's can't always connect to each other by Name. 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. localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. # 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

What kind of settings your networks is? Standard modem/router with Wi-Fi and PC's connected to it by cable or Wi-Fi? Anything special devices?

You need to know you can get FALSE POSITIVES. What I mean is it will connect and seem fixed. And then 1 minute or hours later it is back to not connecting. Create Shortcuts for all PC's on your Network using IP Address: Example: BOBS-PC in modem device table is listed below. This is what you enter to create the shortcut. \192.168.0.6 It will connect every time. This is why I do this or I would be back at customers Businesses or Homes everyday costing them and myself time and money and make me look pretty bad. There is no altering anything and creating a possible bigger mess for a temporary problem that will most likely be fixed in a Cumulative Update soon or the next Creators Update. What is the difference of connecting to all PC's on Network in the Network folder, to now creating 1 shortcut for all of them, creating a folder called Network Temp and placing all shortcuts into it and then copying that folder to all PC's Public Folder. Then each PC's User can access from there or put a shortcut of that folder anywhere. Desktop, Pin to Quick access, etc. You can also create a shortcut in 'THIS PC'. Add a Network Location. But you have to add Public Example: BOBS-PC in modem device table is \\192.168.0.6 Location entered is: \\192.168.0.6\Public It will connect every time. **Some addition RULES sharing items or drives WITH or WITHOUT connection issues** All external or additional drives, excluding C:\ OS drive, must be shared to user Everyone and with permissions you choose. Then each Item or folder in that drive has to be selected individually to share for user Everyone and permissions set. Permissions can not be above the drive permissions. This is with or without connection issues. Public folders on all PC's and all content inside is automatically shared. You can set permissions for the public folder or certain items in it using Sharing>>Advanced Sharing. Now to share anything on your C:\ OS drive, then same rules apply to share items just like the drives sharing settings. BUT, for v1803 connection issues, you must do this to share anywhere on C:\ OS drive, excluding Public folder. A one time setup. Right click C:\ drive>>properties>>Security>>advanced Add the NETWORK user with the FULL Permissions/Control box checked. Apply and keep clicking on confirm as you will not be allowed to apply this to some system folders and files. ADD>>Select a Principle>>Advanced>>Find Now Select in the list>>"Network">>OK Check Full Control/Permissions Box>>OK>>Apply>> >>Confirm multiple times. Make sure "Administrator" user also has full control. If not, add in Administrators with full permissions/control. Restart PC One extra step sharing items On C:\ OS drive, excluding Public: Now when you select an item to share, Sharing>>Advanced Sharing>>check box to share item Permissions>>Everyone is there by default. Select ADD>>Advanced>>Find Now Add in Network user. Now set the permissions for Everyone and Network the same, as one will override the others permissions. Make sure to APPLY settings in each dialogue box. Now forget the Network folder exists. Use the shortcuts on each PC to access all PC's by IP address and use shared items or create shortcuts from those shared items or pin them to your quick access, etc.

THANK YOU!!!! I have spent hours researching, reading, and trying solutions to this issue. This worked! Thank you so much.

Homegroup removed! How to get network sharing work with Windows 10 v1803.

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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.)

Only for those PC's which are still using Windows 10 v1709 or older:

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

https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/f7770a4f-8e37-48c9-a436-2fe4e8e12ca0?platform=QnA

All PC's: Set Start type to Automatic and start following services that allow PC's to be visible on Network. (Reboot.)

Push Win Key and type "Services", locate these services.

- Function Discovery Provider Host

- Function Discovery Resource Publication

- SSDP Discovery

UPnP Device Host

Setting shares.

4.1. Check your current shares.

Open file explorer and type \localhost to address bar to see what shares are made in this computer.

![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/d9a66593-0cd1-499b-908f-36a6854f27c1?platform=QnA

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:

Click Edit
On Permission dialog click Add.
New dialog open and you can add "Everyone" to that list https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/c1f22caa-ec01-4f49-8c76-01b18ed8061f?platform=QnA

When back to Permissions dialog select which rights you want to give to "Everyone".

Now anyone on your home network should have access to shared folders without credentials or having user account on your computer.

Now when click Network on File Explorer all your PC's should be visible in Computer and Network sections.

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.

There is some bug on Windows 10 1803 and because of that PC's can't always connect to each other by Name.

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.

localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

# 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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2018-06-17T18:39:30+00:00

What kind of settings your networks is?

Standard modem/router with Wi-Fi and PC's connected to it by cable or Wi-Fi?

Anything special devices?
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2018-06-17T20:47:37+00:00

You need to know you can get FALSE POSITIVES. What I mean is it will connect and seem fixed. And then 1 minute or hours later it is back to not connecting.

Create Shortcuts for all PC's on your Network using IP Address:

Example:

BOBS-PC in modem device table is listed below. This is what you enter to create the shortcut.

\192.168.0.6

It will connect every time.

This is why I do this or I would be back at customers Businesses or Homes everyday costing them and myself time and money and make me look pretty bad.

There is no altering anything and creating a possible bigger mess for a temporary problem that will most likely be fixed in a Cumulative Update soon or the next Creators Update. What is the difference of connecting to all PC's on Network in the Network folder, to now creating 1 shortcut for all of them, creating a folder called Network Temp and placing all shortcuts into it and then copying that folder to all PC's Public Folder. Then each PC's User can access from there or put a shortcut of that folder anywhere. Desktop, Pin to Quick access, etc.

You can also create a shortcut in 'THIS PC'. Add a Network Location.

But you have to add Public

Example:

BOBS-PC in modem device table is

\\192.168.0.6

Location entered is:

\\192.168.0.6\Public

It will connect every time.

**Some addition RULES sharing items or drives WITH or WITHOUT connection issues**

All external or additional drives, excluding C:\ OS drive, must be shared to user Everyone and with permissions you choose.

Then each Item or folder in that drive has to be selected individually to share for user Everyone and permissions set. Permissions can not be above the drive permissions. This is with or without connection issues.

Public folders on all PC's and all content inside is automatically shared. You can set permissions for the public folder or certain items in it using Sharing>>Advanced Sharing.

Now to share anything on your C:\ OS drive, then same rules apply to share items just like the drives sharing settings.

BUT, for v1803 connection issues, you must do this to share anywhere on C:\ OS drive, excluding Public folder. A one time setup.

Right click C:\ drive>>properties>>Security>>advanced

Add the NETWORK user with the FULL Permissions/Control box checked.

Apply and keep clicking on confirm as you will not be allowed to apply this to some system folders and files.

ADD>>Select a Principle>>Advanced>>Find Now

Select in the list>>"Network">>OK

Check Full Control/Permissions Box>>OK>>Apply>> >>Confirm multiple times.

Make sure "Administrator" user also has full control. If not, add in Administrators with full permissions/control.

Restart PC

One extra step sharing items On C:\ OS drive, excluding Public:

Now when you select an item to share,

Sharing>>Advanced Sharing>>check box to share item

Permissions>>Everyone is there by default.

Select ADD>>Advanced>>Find Now

Add in Network user.

Now set the permissions for Everyone and Network the same, as one will override the others permissions.

Make sure to APPLY settings in each dialogue box.

Now forget the Network folder exists. Use the shortcuts on each PC to access all PC's by IP address and use shared items or create shortcuts from those shared items or pin them to your quick access, etc.
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2018-06-17T21:53:08+00:00

THANK YOU!!!! I have spent hours researching, reading, and trying solutions to this issue. This worked! Thank you so much.
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