The group can be password protected, but other people cannot change files shared unless you grant them permission to do so. Once you create and/or join a homegroup, you can then select the libraries you want to share, and even prevent specific files/folders from being shared, or share other libraries later. This feature is available on Windows 7/8.1/RT 8.1 and Windows 10, and you can join a homegroup on a computer with the RT 8.1 version, but you cannot create a homegroup or share content with the same. For Windows 7 Starter or Home Basic, you can actually join, but you cannot create a homegroup. If you get the Windows 10 homegroup error, you could try preliminary checks like ensuring you have the latest firmware for your router (must be IPv6 capable to use the homegroup), try both a wired (check cable) and wireless connection, check that all computers have unique names and that all computers have the same time and date. Once you confirm that all these are in order, try the solutions listed in this article and see if they help resolve the issue on your network.

Steps to fix Windows 10 Homegroup errors

1. Run Homegroup troubleshooter

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2. Make Internet Explorer your default browser

3. Delete and create a new homegroup

If every user in the homegroup leaves, then the homegroup will no longer exist. To remove a computer from a homegroup, follow the steps below: Once the Homegroup is deleted, start with a new Homegroup again using the steps below: Note: If a homegroup already exists on your network, you’ll be asked to join it instead of creating a new one. — RELATED: How to: Remove Homegroup on Windows 10

4. Enable Homegroup services

The Windows 10 homegroup error may occur if the homegroup services are not running, so ensure the services related to it are started and running by doing the following:

5. Check if the homegroup settings are appropriate

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6. Run the Network Adapter troubleshooter

7. Change the name case

Sometimes the Windows 10 homegroup error may be caused simply because of the letter casing on the computer name – this can manifest as an error 1231 in the network view. If it is in lower case, change to upper case or all caps, and see if it works. Some users have noted that Windows 10 is case sensitive to machine names, so if you have missing shares or completely disappeared machines on your LAN, ensure the machine names are not mixed case, in which case you should rename them to all caps and reboot your computer. Here’s what to do:

8. Check Use User Accounts and passwords

On every computer in the workgroup, do the following:

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9. Rollback to the previous version

If you still cannot fix Windows 10 homegroup error, you can either wait for the official Microsoft fix it, or perform a rollback to the previous Windows version, using the steps below:

10. Turn on Windows services

For the homegroup networking feature to work, certain Windows services need to be active, enabled and running. If you used a program to disable services or you disabled them manually, it may be causing Windows 10 homegroup error. You need to turn on DNS Client, Function Discovery Provider Host, Function Discovery Resource Publication, Homegroup Provider, Homegroup Listener, SSDP Discovery, UPnP Device Host and Peer Networking Grouping. You can turn on these services by doing the following:

11. Check Network Discovery

12. Unblock your computer’s visibility

Sometimes, the firewall on your computer may block the access and visibility of your computer, leading to the Windows 10 homegroup error. Try using the command prompt to fix this by doing the following:

13. Ensure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers

14. Modify IPv6 registry key to enable IPv6

There you have an amazing list of 14 solutions that you can use to fix Homegroup errors on your Windows computers. Let us know if any of the above solutions helped fix Windows 10 homegroup error by leaving a comment in the section below. RELATED GUIDES TO CHECK OUT:

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