Windows 10, Version 1809. Network does not show computers

In Win10, v 1809 I go to "Network" in file explorer and no computers are showing - neither my computer nor other computers on the network.

I was able to find the ip address of the computer I was searching for and successfully ping it via command prompt.

Any ideas?

Hi fg2001,

Thanks for this information. I have the exact same setup you describe and it acts the same way. A restart of the FDResPub service gets it working properly. I came up with a workaround to restart the service automatically at system startup. You may have already done this, but others may benefit.

1. Create a command script named FDResPub.cmd with these two lines:

cmd /c net stop FDResPub

cmd /c net start FDResPub

2. Save the script at a convenient location. I used C:\Scripts\FDResPub.cmd.
3. Use Task Scheduler to create a new task:

Name: FDResPub

Description: Restart the FDResPub service.

Run whether user is logged on or not.

Run with highest privileges.

Configure for: Windows 10

Triggers: At Startup

Actions: Start a program   C:\Scripts\FDResPub.cmd

Optional start at: C:\Scripts

This has worked for both restarts and shutdowns with Fast Start disabled.

Hi Plarini, 

Thanks for the workaround, I tried it on my MSI GT70-0NC and it worked every time, but when I tried on the DELL XPS 8700 it only worked intermittently after a PC restart.

So I changed the task

Triggers: At Logon        At logon of any user  

That seems to work fine after every PC restart.

The workaround is fine, but I hope the guys at Microsoft fix this specific issue affecting the machines with both Ethernet and Wi-Fi adapters.

It appears that if the services Function Discovery Resource Publication is started too early it creates the problem for the machines connected through the Ethernet. 

I don't have this issue on the same machines if I use Win 10 1803, but the bug is solid with 1809.

In Win10, v 1809 I go to "Network" in file explorer and no computers are showing - neither my computer nor other computers on the network.

I was able to find the ip address of the computer I was searching for and successfully ping it via command prompt.

Any ideas?

Is the network set for private ? Are all the computers in the same Work Group ?

Make sure you turn on  network discovery on the advance sharing setting.

"I don't have this issue on the same machines if I use Win 10 1803, but the bug is solid with 1809."

I have seen this same thing happening: Work well with v1803, v1809 doesn't show all computers, preview 19H1 doesn't show any computer. There is certain direction in development: down.

At least "\PC_name" on file explorer address bar is still working with all versions on those rare cases I need to use shared resources. I have default share of C:\Users -folders and also drive D:\ is shared.

Hi fg2001,

Thanks for the additional information with respect to the task parameters. Good work.

I'm glad you have it working on all your computers.