{"id":620,"date":"2016-05-14T20:24:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T09:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=620"},"modified":"2016-05-14T20:24:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T09:24:36","slug":"cant-access-shared-computers-folders-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/cant-access-shared-computers-folders-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t Access Shared Computers or Folders in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>In Windows 10, in order to access shared folders and computers on the local network you will need to make your own PC discoverable. \u00a0This sounds counter intuitive however if you haven&#8217;t selected the right network type for the network you are connected to or Windows has incorrectly detected type you will need to turn this on manually.<\/p>\n<h2>Symptoms<\/h2>\n<p>You may be having trouble accessing shared folders on the local network<\/p>\n<p>You can only see a few, if any other computers on your local network<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>Turn on Make this PC Discoverable in Windows Settings<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1<\/h3>\n<p>Click on Start<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2<\/h3>\n<p>Click on Settings<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3<\/h3>\n<p>Click on Network &amp; Internet<\/p>\n<h3>Step 4<\/h3>\n<p>Scroll down and click on Advanced Options<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Advanced-Options-Network-Settings-Windows-10.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-621\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-621\" data-original=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Advanced-Options-Network-Settings-Windows-10.png\" alt=\"Advanced Options - Network Settings - Windows 10\" width=\"580\" height=\"790\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Step 5<\/h3>\n<p>Toggle on <strong>Make this PC Discoverable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Make-This-PC-Discoverable.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622\" src=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Make-This-PC-Discoverable.png\" alt=\"Make-This-PC-Discoverable\" width=\"506\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Make-This-PC-Discoverable.png 506w, https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Make-This-PC-Discoverable-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If after changing the Make\u00a0this PC discoverable you are still unable to access local resources on your network there may be other factors at play which are not covered by this article.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applies to: Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary In Windows 10, in order to access shared folders and computers on the local network you will need to make your own PC discoverable. \u00a0This sounds counter intuitive however if you haven&#8217;t selected the right network type for the network you are connected to or Windows has incorrectly detected type you will need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[452],"article-tag":[492,491],"class_list":["post-620","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-windows-10","article-tag-make-this-pc-discoverable","article-tag-unable-to-access-shared-folder"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":3,"sum_votes":9},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}