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However, many users have reported that some of the most recent Windows 10 builds have ruined this feature and users have been unable to use it properly.

Windows 10 File Sharing not Working Either the computers cant see each other on the network or they can access anothers files because of permissions settings.

Either way, the feature is broken and users are desperate for a working method.

Luckily, there have been quite a few working methods suggested by users so we recommend you check them out below What Causes Windows 10 File Sharing Not to Work There are plenty of different causes to this problem and we decided to include methods based upon as many causes as were confirmed by users online.

Determining the correct cause is the first step in successful troubleshooting as it enables you to determine the proper methods more quickly.

Check out the list below Related services are not running File sharing on Windows 10 depends on a couple of services which absolutely need to be running when you attempt to share files.

Make sure you start these services and make sure they start up automatically.

Lacking ownership and permissions on the target computer If the problem appears when trying to access a specific folder on a specific computer, it might be a problem with permissions and ownership.

Make sure the files properties enable it to be shared No Windows Credentials Access among different computers is not enabled to everyone and you will probably need to add credentials for the target computers in order for it to be recognized on the network as trustworthy.

Alternatively, you can use regedit to enable everyone to access the computer.

SMB 1.0CIFS File Sharing Support is disabled This feature is often disabled by new Windows updates but many networking protocols and actions still depend on it to be enabled so make sure you enable this Windows feature.

Latest updates not installed If you dont have the latest Windows updates, you are missing out on many new bug fixes and security patches and one of the updates may as well provide a fix to this problem.

Make sure you run the latest version of Windows Solution 1: Make Sure Certain Services are Running Properly File sharing, like any other feature in Windows 10, depends on certain services to run properly.

In this case, the services are called Function Discovery Provider Host and Function Discovery Resource Publication.

These services need to be started and the need to run constantly.

Follow the steps below in order to achieve that on your computer Open the Run utility by using the Windows Key R key combination on your keyboard (press these keys at the same time.

Type services. msc in the newly opened box without the quotation marks and click OK in order to open the Services tool.

Running Services The alternative way is to open the Control Panel by locating it in the Start menu.

After the Control Panel window opens, change the View by option at the top right part of the window to Large Icons and scroll down until you locate the Administrative Tools Click on it and locate the Services shortcut at the bottom.

Opening Services from Control Panel Locate the Function Discovery Provider Host and Function Discovery Resource Publication services on the list, right-click on each one and select Properties from the context menu which appears.

If the service is started (you can check that just next to the Service status message), you should stop it for now by clicking the Stop button in the middle of the window.

Setting up the services Make sure that the option under the Startup type menu in the services properties window is set to Automatic before you proceed with other steps.

Confirm any dialogue boxes which may appear when changing the startup type.

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