Yes, it's been a common problem since about Version 1803.
Sometimes it will show your network computers & shares. Sometimes it won't.
I always use shortcuts these days and hardly ever even bother looking in File explorer's Network section.
And just to emphasise the point:-
You were connected, File explorer was just refusing to show that.
Denis
This has been an ongoing annoyance for years now. I have the problem in both Windows 10 and 11.
Someone on this forum came up with this batch file. Right-click on it and Run as Administrator. Do this on all computers. Doing this many times helps at least until the next time. You can automate this but doing that has not always helped for me.
FDResPub.bat
Code:net stop FDResPub net start FDResPub
Before running the batch file you see neither of my computers show up in Network:
After running the batch file on both my computers you see both my desktop DarkMatter (Win 10) and laptop Starship (Win 11) show up in Network:
No. You are in a very very very long line, I'm sorry to say.
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MisterEd,
Your mention of the service stop/start commands prove there's a problem in the networking stack. It can also be executed as
sc stop FDResPub
sc start FDResPub
I discovered those commands in another write up about "missing resource names in the Network Folder. And it also be an issue with both the service and File Manager. One day, Microsoft might provide the solution, I hope.
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