Windows 10, Version 1809. Network does not show computers

Anonymous
2018-10-19T21:34:40+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2019-10-26T18:14:16+00:00

    After trying all of the suggestions in this post over quite a long time period with limited success have found that the only solution that works 100% on my system is to disable fast start-up which does not appear to noticably slow down boot-up in my case, certainly something I can live with and is much less annoying than having to re-start at every boot in order to gain network connection on either the mobo Realtek NIC or with a added PCI Intel NIC..

    I have stuck with Win V.1809 and still avoid V.1903 after bad experiences on first upgrade.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-10-26T17:51:45+00:00

    I have a similar problem with Version 1903. One machine does not show on the FS Network display. Resetting Function Discovery Resource Publication makes it visible but only until a restart. The default setting is Manual(triggered) changing this to  Automatic has no effect ie you stilll need to reset it manually.

    I don't lnow if it is significant but the invisible machine is wired, other machines are on WiFi.

    Rick 265,

    That is the bug, Microsoft still did not fix it, still a problem with the latest future versions of windows

    1909 or 20H1.

    Till an official fix is available, use the workaround suggested by Galileo1564, earlier in this thread to restart the FDResPub service.

    Add a task to task scheduler.

    Name:  FDResPub

    Description:  Restart the FDResPub service.

    Run whether user is logged on or not - Do not store password.

    Configure for:  Windows 10

    Trigger:  At Startup

    Actions:   

        - Action:  Start a program

        - Program/script:  cmd

        - Add arguments:  /c net stop FDResPub && net start FDResPub

        - Start in:  (leave empty)

    Conditions:  start only if the following network connection is available - Any connection

    Settings:  (leave defaults)

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-10-24T17:49:08+00:00

    Hi, I'm on latest 1903

    On my machines when they are all at 1903, the problem is intermittent only on one, but the workaround of restarting the service Function Discovery Resource Publication suggested earlier in this thread by Plarini still works, there is another suggestion by Galileo that adds FDResPub to task scheduler to stop and restart the service triggered at system startup.

    Start a program     cmd /c net stop FDResPub && net start FDResPub

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-10-24T15:11:28+00:00

    Hi, I'm on latest 1903

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-10-24T14:44:49+00:00

    Hi,

    Just wanted to add that I have the same problem as fg2001.

    On my side the problem seems to have started the moment I renamed the computer to something else than the default and annoying desktop-xyz.

    Also, no wifi card on this computer. Only an "Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (7) I219-V

    "

    Wagnard, 

    What is your current level of Windows 10 ?

    The workaround for the problem is different depending on the level of windows.

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