Windows 10, Version 1809. Network does not show computers

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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?

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Anonymous

2021-01-17T01:37:48+00:00

Sorry, our posts crossed... the last one took several hours to finish

Beverly Howard
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Anonymous

2021-01-17T01:40:35+00:00

What is the startup type of the FDResPub service on your problematic machine?
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Anonymous

2021-01-17T02:14:45+00:00

What is the startup type of the FDResPub service on your problematic machine?
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2021-01-17T02:35:37+00:00
What is the startup type of the FDResPub service on your problematic machine?

@BenoitHuard,

The startup for FDResPub is just the default Manual with trigger.

It fails the same if set for Automatic or Automatic Delay Start.

The failure is only with specific Ethernet adapters, never failed with Wi-Fi.
1. Restarting FDResPub always fixes the problem, that is why I restart it through a set up Task in Task Scheduler.
2. As a second remedy, if I enable Remote Desktop in Windows 10 Pro, it never fails either.
So I have 2 possible remedies for the bug. I use # 1 if I don't want to enable Remote Desktop.
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Anonymous

2021-01-17T03:01:11+00:00

mputer which has the identical problem is connected via wifi.

>> FDResPub <<

I appreciate your info on the FDFResPub

It took me a while, but as posted, I was able to get the FDResPub task scheduled (and run it) on the original Win10 machine, but, it did not work to allow connecting to a share... I was still unable to connect to the Win8.1 machine even after rebooting the Win10 machine.

It's not clear if you are telling me to do create the same FDResPub task on the Win8.1 machine.

>> Bottom Line <<

There is still a problem with Win10 connecting to other shares on the LAN. It seems to be related to the rights of the current user logged into the Win8.1 machine.

Thanks again for your info,

Beverly Howard

@BeveHoward,

Restarting FDResPub is only a remedy for Win 10 in the case that your own PC is not visible on the network.

To see this problem you can turn off all the other machines and just leave one on, if that only machine does not show on the network after a restart then you have this specific bug, otherwise you are facing a completely different issue that has nothing to do with this thread or the workarounds mentioned here.

Problems with a mix of Windows 10 and other older versions 8.1 or 7 may be in other discussions.

This thread is just addressing one particular problem of Windows 10 that seems to affect only some types of Ethernet adapters.

I was just mentioning that to test if FDResPub restart has any effect, you can just restart it manually as shown here in this snapshot, no need to set up a task just to see if has any effect.

Another simple way to test this is by issuing the 2 commands below from an elevated command prompt.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>net stop fdrespub

The Function Discovery Resource Publication service is stopping.

The Function Discovery Resource Publication service was stopped successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>net start fdrespub

The Function Discovery Resource Publication service is starting.

The Function Discovery Resource Publication service was started successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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