Homegroup tool was introduced in Windows 7 PCs to share files and printers on a Home Network. But PC users with the latest Windows 10 operating system installed on their desktop complain about Homegroup missing from their desktop. If you share files using the Home Network, you might be desperate to find a fix for missing Homegroup on Windows 10, and this guide will help you with the same.
If you have Windows 10 with 1803 and above versions, you may not see Homegroup in your File Explorer, Control Panel, or Settings. This is because Microsoft has officially removed the Homegroup feature from Windows 10. Many cloud-based sharing features nowadays are available on Windows 10, so using Homegroup becomes irrelevant. You can share files using File Explorer swiftly. Also, you can share the printer network using the in-built ‘Share’ tool. For the new Windows 10 users, here’s a quick workaround to share files and printer network without using Homegroup:
Even though the Homegroup is removed from Windows 10, any shared folders, files, or printers using Homegroup can still be accessed from File Explorer. You can type the file name in this format in the File Explorer search box to access them:
\\homePC\SharedFolderName
Note that here ‘SharedFolderName’ should be replaced with the folder name you want to open.
That’s everything covered on how to fix missing Homegroup on Windows 10. Also, check out our other guides, such as How to enable and install Internet Explorer in Windows 10 and 11 or How to remove show more options from the context menu on Windows 11.
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