Windows 10, Version 1809. Network does not show computers

Some of my mysterious network problems were fixed when I deleted my Windows User/Sign In account on my laptop and created a new User account.  Yes, it's a bit of a hassle to rebuild/reload everything, but, it did fix some things seemingly permanently for almost a year now.  Instead, you might try just adding a clean, new user account and see if that account has similar problems or not.  Might be worth a try depending upon how desperate/frustrated you are.  Good Luck!

As folks have reported in the past, some of the unofficial fixes work for some machines while most machines they do not.  I have the latest in hardware Intel 8700, Asus Z390E (w/ Intel gigabyte LAN) and a fresh install of Windows 10 from last week yet, no changes on the network discovery issue.  I also have a Sandy Bridge (Intel LAN) machine and a socket 775 Intel 9550 (Marvell Gigabit LAN) that both suffer from the same concerns with network discovery working as it should, via browsing.  All machines have the latest bios, drivers etc. Still nothing helps all of these machines which tells me, the fix is going to have to come from Microsoft. 

indeed and it seems I am alone but I've had some weird internet access issues as well. Youtube would work but nothing else.

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?

Greetings,

What worked for me, BUT SHOULD NOT, was this:

Settings>Network & Internet>Network & sharing Center>

Change advanced sharing settings>

Network Discovery" area

a. Button "Turn on network discovery" filled (on)

b. Box "Turn on automatic setup..." checked

"File and printer sharing" area

c. Button "Turn off file and print sharing" filled (on)

I know this is like locking your front so you can enter your house

but after 6 hours of trying all the suggestions online I

accidentally discovered that this works across all 5 machines

on my network.

I did make the suggested changes to

  - Function Discovery Provider Host

  - Function Discovery Resource Publication

  - SSDP Discovery

• UPnP Device Host

but didn't get the desired results by that alone.

I am using a Norton Core router if that may

contribute to problem/solution.

I hope this STRANGE solution might be of use to others

especially since it is such a quick and easy to do.

Thank you for all your previous suggestions!

As folks have reported in the past, some of the unofficial fixes work for some machines while most machines they do not.  I have the latest in hardware Intel 8700, Asus Z390E (w/ Intel gigabyte LAN) and a fresh install of Windows 10 from last week yet, no changes on the network discovery issue.  I also have a Sandy Bridge (Intel LAN) machine and a socket 775 Intel 9550 (Marvell Gigabit LAN) that both suffer from the same concerns with network discovery working as it should, via browsing.  All machines have the latest bios, drivers etc. Still nothing helps all of these machines which tells me, the fix is going to have to come from Microsoft.

I have 3 computers but only one have the problem and it seems to come back every time there is an MS update, sometimes there is also a network card update available which on a couple of occasions have fixed the issue (like now after the latest MS update)

Sometimes I have managed by reinstalling (repair) the network card drivers.