windows 10 not showing computers in network in file browser

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  1. Posts : 21
    windows 10
       #1

    windows 10 not showing computers in network in file browser


    this problem that windows has is really weird. i have 2 laptops running windows 10 pro (creators update) and a virtual machine running on one of them(windows server 2012 r2).
    after each restart one or two of these computers disappear from network folder. this problem happens for all these computers. the thing is i can ping all these machines from other computers on the network. I also can access them by typing their names in address bar like (\\computer1\ or \\computer2\ etc) but they are not appear in the network section. the image might help you to understand the problem better :
    windows 10 not showing computers in network in file browser-cmp1.pngwindows 10 not showing computers in network in file browser-cmp2virtual.pngwindows 10 not showing computers in network in file browser-cmp3.png

    as you can see on the first computer i can see all computers on the network. on the 2nd one(virtual) i have only see my Surface and on my surface i cannot see the other two.
    now I type the name of the computers in my Surface file explorer address bar and look at this :

    windows 10 not showing computers in network in file browser-cmp32.png

    first computer(Alienware) appears on the quick access area but still missing from network section
    is there any fix for this problem?
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  2. Posts : 8,057
    windows 10
       #2

    When windows looks for PC on a network it doesn't actually look it goes to the master browser which gives it a list. If it's out of date you don't see it this will happen if a PC is offline for a bit or its updated. It's all done via NetBIOS so pinging by name may update mb
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  3. Posts : 21
    windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    pinging by name did not solve the problem. is there any way to update the master browser list?
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  4. Posts : 98
    windows
       #4

    Yes, force an election:
    NET STOP Browser
    NET START Browser
    Not sure it will help, though.

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  5. Posts : 8,057
    windows 10
       #5

    If you run this tool on each pc it often does it and it shows which is MB normally that would be highest ranking ie a server NetBScanner - NetBIOS scanner
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  6. Posts : 5
    Windows 10
       #6

    mQ573 said:
    Yes, force an election:
    NET STOP Browser
    NET START Browser
    That is exactly what I've done to resolve what I believe is exactly the same key issue I have with the Creator's Update. I created it as a batch, and scheduled it to run with elevated privileges on startup, and then every 15 minutes thereafter. My home network and file shares are now working fine again with both post and pre Creators updates. I can't believe that Microsoft haven't released a patch to fix this yet!?!?
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  7. boe
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    Windows 10x64 Pro
       #7

    If you have the Creators Edition of Windows 10 I haven't found a solution for getting the master browser to work with an Oppo which accesses my shares via SMB. If I start another Windows computer running the anniversary edition and make it the master browser then my Oppo can see it. I don't want to have to fire up another computer because MS can't get this figure it out. I informed MS of the issue the moment CU was released but haven't heard anything at all yet. I think they only look at it from a Windows to Windows browser issue and not from Windows to device. People with WD TV and other devices are reporting the same problem.
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 10
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    injaneb said:
    this problem that windows has is really weird. i have 2 laptops running windows 10 pro (creators update) and a virtual machine running on one of them(windows server 2012 r2).
    after each restart one or two of these computers disappear from network folder. this problem happens for all these computers. the thing is i can ping all these machines from other computers on the network. I also can access them by typing their names in address bar like (\\computer1\ or \\computer2\ etc) but they are not appear in the network section...
    Yeah, I have exactly the same problem. I eventually managed to make my NAS's permanently accessible by adding them to 'Quick Access', but they won't appear in the 'Network' section.

    My other two machines (laptop and PC) don't have this problem.

    I reported the problem via the MS Feedback Hub.
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  9. Posts : 37
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
       #9

    @flammobammo: Do you run that batch file on each of the PCs on your network?
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  10. Posts : 1
    Windows 10 creators edition
       #10

    flammobammo said:
    That is exactly what I've done to resolve what I believe is exactly the same key issue I have with the Creator's Update. I created it as a batch, and scheduled it to run with elevated privileges on startup, and then every 15 minutes thereafter. My home network and file shares are now working fine again with both post and pre Creators updates. I can't believe that Microsoft haven't released a patch to fix this yet!?!?
    Please could you tell me precisely what you have done to fix this,I have tried everything to no avail I'm not sure about the batch and the elevated privileges you mention ,I would really appreciate any advice.

    my problem is identical if I start no1 pc up first, then start the 2nd pc the no1 pc shows all the available pcs on the network with the 2nd pc displaying none,and the same happens vice versa
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