How do I turn on Windows network discovery?

To enable network discovery, perform the following steps:

Enabling network discovery via the Control Panel

  1. In Windows, open the Control Panel.
  2. Navigate to All Control Panel Items > Networking and Sharing Center > Advanced sharing settings.
  3. In the Network discovery section, select Turn on network discovery.
  4. Click Save Changes.

Enabling network discovery via Windows Command Prompt

  1. In Windows, open an elevated Windows Command Prompt session.
  2. Run the following command:
    3. netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=yes