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Windows will not stop changing my network location to Public
I have been fighting this problem ever since Windows 7. Every time I try to access my computer from another device on my network, I find I am unable to connect. I go into the Ethernet settings, and see that Make This PC Discoverable is turned off. If I switch it on, go back, and then immediately open the settings again , it is switched off again.
When I look at my Network and Sharing Center, my network is set to Public network.
The only way I've been able to successfully set it to Private and keep the Make This PC Discoverable setting turned on is to change the Category setting in the registry for my network to 1. It works, and I'm able to do whatever it was I wanted to do over the network. But then the next time I want to access my PC from my LAN again, same thing. It is driving me CRAZY!
I have tried all the suggestions I can find, most of which are mentioned here: Network Location - Set to Private or Public in Windows 8
Nothing prevents it from going back to Public again after a while.
This is incredibly frustrating as it completely defeats the purpose of having a local area network!
I am very surpised that I haven't seen more of an outcry about this on the forums, so I'm starting to suspect it's only happening to me, but this is on at least two different PCs across installs of Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. Can anyone help me?