can't see shared folders in a homegroup (windows 7)
I created a homegroup and all was well then no one could connect to the shared folder I created on the computer that 1st created the homegroup. These are 4 windows 7 pro computers. I went into all 4 computers and left the homegroup, rebooted and set them all up again and rebooted all the computers again. Whenever I try to connect to the computer with the shared folder it brings up no folders just a blank window with nothing. I have done this 3 times from scratch and still the same issue. Any ideas? Can I share out this folder any other way? Workgroup?[/i] [/b]The computers at this office are connected to a modem from the ISP that has 5 ports on the back. They are network cabled from the pc's to these ports. No server or any other router or switch.
Be sure to share the actual folder. You can right click the desired folder you want to share with your homegroup. right click the folder and select share with > specific people and add the users you want to be able to share the folder with or just enter "everyone" so that everyone in the office can connect.
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I clicked on share with everyone read right privileges I added home group users I right clicked in shared with Home group. I even found the name of the computer that cannot connect an added that name. Still nothing when I search for the computer name that has the shared folder.
Did it ever work or just this just happen to stop working recently
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It did work for 3 weeks and then it stopped. no idea why.
can you ping the computer where the share exists.
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should i try system restore? THe only date I can go back to is 3/9
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I can ping the computer.
When I type in the computer name: \\computer in a run line it comes up but with no viewable shared folders. When I type ip address of the computer that has the shared folder it brings up a username and password screen with the name of the computer I want to be able to access shared folder on the other computer as the domain. Is this the issue? There are no passwords on these computers except the password for the homegroup. Here is the screenshot.
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When I type in the computer name: \\computer in a run line it comes up but with no viewable shared folders. When I type ip address of the computer that has the shared folder it brings up a username and password screen with the name of the computer I want to be able to access shared folder on the other computer as the domain. Is this the issue? There are no passwords on these computers except the password for the homegroup. Here is the screenshot.
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Ok when that comes up enter the username for the homegroup that will be accessing this computer and shared folder and see if the files show up. That could be what is causing your issue. If that works then set it to remember credentials, but for user name use the following format:
homegroupname\username
homegroupname\username
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I should of tried to see if I could get to the folders before I restarted the services but it works now. Not sure if it is because it just started to work or because I restarted the services. Now, would it be a better idea to map the shared folder as a drie or just drag it to the desktop to create a shortcut?
Either option would work just fine. I personally prefer to map folders instead of drag and drop.
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someone unplugged the wireless router and now the homegroup doesn't work anymore. I had mapped a drive to the computer that shared out the folder and now when I click on it I get the message of" The local device name is already in use." I think the ip address of the computer that shared out the computer has changed. It was all fixed when I restarted all of the services in the accepted solution.