Cannot see any computers in network, windows 11

Question

Hello

I cannot see any computers or other shared items under Network in Windows 11, even the laptop I am on right now.

I have checked all the settings are proper.

Please help.

Answer 1

Hi Tasneem,

I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

This problem usually occurs when one of the services is not working properly.

Via

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fil...

Turn on network discovery and file and printer sharing, and turn off password protected sharing.

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Network & internet , and on the right side, select Sharing options.

Under Private, select Turn on Network discovery and Turn on file and printer sharing.

Under All Networks, select Turn off password protected sharing.

Make sharing services start automatically.

Press the Windows logo key + R.

In the Run dialog box, type services.msc, and then select OK.

Right-click each of the following services, select Properties, if they're not running, select Start, and next to Startup type, select Automatic:

Function Discovery Provider Host

Function Discovery Resource Publication

SSDP Discovery

UPnP Device Host

Hope that helps, and rely on us for any further inquiries. All the best.

Answer 2

Hello,

See if this fix helps you (works with Windows 11 as well):

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-10-file-explorer-not-showing-network-computers

Let us know if this helps!

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.

Answer 3

Hi Tasneem,
I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

This problem usually occurs when one of the services is not working properly.

Via
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fil...

Turn on network discovery and file and printer sharing, and turn off password protected sharing.

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Network & internet , and on the right side, select Sharing options.

Under Private, select Turn on Network discovery and Turn on file and printer sharing.

Under All Networks, select Turn off password protected sharing.

Make sharing services start automatically.

Press the Windows logo key + R.

In the Run dialog box, type services.msc, and then select OK.

Right-click each of the following services, select Properties, if they're not running, select Start, and next to Startup type, select Automatic:

Function Discovery Provider Host

Function Discovery Resource Publication

SSDP Discovery

UPnP Device Host

Hope that helps, and rely on us for any further inquiries. All the best.

This worked, thanks.

Answer 4

Hello,

See if this fix helps you (works with Windows 11 as well):

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-10-file-explorer-not-showing-network-computers

Let us know if this helps!

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.

This is similar to the above post. So this also worked, I am thinking. Thanks

Answer 5

Awesome! Thank you for letting us know.

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