Windows 10 PC doesn't show to other computers on network

alexncfc said:

What's the master browser all about?

My understanding is that it is something that exists if you have installed SMB1, an old & not very secure networking component that is only required

- if you have a 'network' disk connected to an SMB1-only router, or
- if you have a non-Windows computer on your network, or
- if you have a Windows Vista or older Windows computer on your network.

If these conditions do not apply then there is no need for SMB1 and no such thing as a Master browser.

I also have that NirSoft NetBScanner tool linked to above.
If I run it on each of my computers on my Windows10-Windows 11 network, it does not identify any Master browser, which is what I would expect.
Do note that
- you need to allow traffic from that utility through your firewall, and
- you need to set up the search range in its File menu, Scan options [I set mine as192.168.0.0 to 192.168.2.255]

Since you are able to access your shared folders by direct addressing & shortcuts, I assume that this discussion is now purely one of academic interest.


All the best,
Denis

Jamester64 said:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-0b1483f3b836

MrEd re-posted an equivalent procedure in the form of a batch file.
Net Start-Stop FDResPub - MrEd post #12 - TenForums


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Sorry for the late replies for updates.

Thanks for all the help on this thread, and Denis thanks for the link to the batch file, it's very handy to save going in to Services.msc and restarting the service.

I can't understand how Microsoft can't solve this as looking at that other thread which was linked to, this seems to have been going on since around 2018. Maybe a clean re-install of Windows 10 would solve it but my install is running very well and I can't be doing with a whole re-install right now so I'll just use the solutions you've all supplied on this thread.

Thanks