Network PC name not showing Windows 11

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Network PC name not showing Windows 11

Bob Millard 1

I have 4 networked PCs. Under Windows 10 when I open file explorer and click on network, I see all 4 PC network names.

In Windows 11, I only see 3. The computer I am on does not show up.

For instance, let's say I open file explorer, click on network on a computer that has a network name of Bob.

The other 3 PC network names show, but not Bob.

The network works fine, it is just that the network name for the PC I am on is not listed.

Hope this makes sense.

Bob

Rodolfo Castelo 6 Reputation points

2022-02-06T00:55:46.74+00:00

check the "file and sharing" status on Windows 10's firewall. Normally this it's the reason for that
Bartlomiej Baraniec 1 Reputation point

2022-07-04T02:26:20.287+00:00

I've exactly same issue on multiple Windows 11 machines. Did you manage to solve it?

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Rodolfo Castelo 6 Reputation points

2022-02-06T00:55:46.74+00:00

check the "file and sharing" status on Windows 10's firewall. Normally this it's the reason for that
Bartlomiej Baraniec 1 Reputation point

2022-07-04T02:26:20.287+00:00

I've exactly same issue on multiple Windows 11 machines. Did you manage to solve it?

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S.Sengupta 24,636 MVP

Navigate to Control Panel and open Network and Sharing center.

Click Change advanced sharing settings.

Expand the 'current profile' (Private or Guest/Public), select Turn on network discovery and click Save changes.

In Run type in Services.msc and hit enter key

At Windows Services panel, set the 'Startup type' of the following four (4) services as follows:

Make the following changes to these services.

Function Discovery Provider Host (fdPHost) -> Automatic
Function Discovery Resource Publication (FDResPub) -> Automatic Delayed Start
SSDP Discovery > Manual -> Manual
UPnP Device Host > Manual -> Manual

Open Command Prompt as Administrator and type the following command:

sc triggerinfo FDResPub delete

Restart your PC

Enable the 'SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support' feature [From Control Panel open Programs and Features.]

Bonzer2u 5 Reputation points

2023-04-06T16:34:11.0166667+00:00

Thx for the info. I just performed your steps and indeed can now see my local win11 pc in file explorer's network/computers section after reboot however, after a network refresh or coming out of 'sleep' mode, I can no longer see my local win11 pc/shares. I have always been able to see my other 2 win10 pc's from my win11 pc and see my win11 pc from the other 2 win10 but not my locally-connected win11 pc from itself if this makes sense... FYI, All of my pc's are laptops...
Gerda Vermaut 0 Reputation points

2024-03-02T13:11:12.9033333+00:00

I tried it but got an error 5.

C:\Users\gerda>sc triggerinfo FDResPub delete

[SC] OpenService FAILED 5:

Toegang geweigerd. (Access refused)
Gerda Vermaut 0 Reputation points

2024-03-02T13:28:58.8666667+00:00

And I am administrator. Thank you.
Randy Hollingsworth 0 Reputation points

2025-03-09T06:45:55.89+00:00

Finally, a fix that worked!! The "sc triggerinfo FDResPub delete" command is what finally did the trick after hours of reading other suggested solutions. Many thanks!
Randy Hollingsworth 0 Reputation points

2025-03-09T22:28:06.2233333+00:00

Spoke too soon. Over night, a WIndows update rebooted the PC, now there are no listings at all under network and the PC cannot be sen by other PC's on the local network. Also, tried the "sc triggerinfo FDresPub delete" command and got the same error 5 as reported by Gerda above.
Randy Hollingsworth 0 Reputation points

2025-03-09T22:29:56.3933333+00:00

Also, re-tried the "sc triggerinfo FDResPub" delete command and got the same error 5 as reported by Gerda above.

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