Hello everyone
I have tried EVERY thread on here to change network location from public to home on Windows 10.
NOTHING has worked so far,
Most of the threads are for old builds.
How the hell do you change Network Location from public to private in Windows 10?
Have tried regedit, powershell etc.
HELP!
Hello Mike, and welcome to windowssh blog.
If you haven't already, the tutorial below may be able to help for setting your network location.
Network Location - Set to Private or Public in Windows 10
Hi Brink.
Thanks for replying to my post.
I have tried the first 2 options. Option 1 is not available as Discover Devices is not available where it should be - just have the "metered" option available with the wording "you are not currently connected to any networks" showing in network and sharing window although IE and Chrome work fine.
Regedit values are all correct.
3rd option is not accessible at all.
Any ideas? It may be a McAfee issue but I cannot find anything hanging there either!
It's not a major issue as I can still access everything I need but it is EXTREMELY annoying! (and I don't like being beaten by my own computer!)!
Thanks again,
Mike.Hello Mike, and welcome to windowssh blog.
If you haven't already, the tutorial below may be able to help for setting your network location.
Network Location - Set to Private or Public in Windows 10
McAfee very well could be blocking something. If you like, you could temporarily uninstall McAfee to see if the problem persists or not afterwards.
Nope!!!! That didn't work either!
I am completely stumped!McAfee very well could be blocking something. If you like, you could temporarily uninstall McAfee to see if the problem persists or not afterwards.
In that case, you might see if deleting the network connection and setting it up again may help.
You could set up a Homegroup,
believe the system default then has to be Private.
Roy
Tried that too and still to no avail!!In that case, you might see if deleting the network connection and setting it up again may help.
Thanks Roy
Unfortunately the bloody thing won't let me do anything Homegroup-wise as I just get the message you need to set Network Location to private!! Tearing my hair out here!! - Been going on for days!You could set up a Homegroup,
believe the system default then has to be Private.
Roy
Switching to a private network should automatically turn on network discovery, but it wouldn't hurt to make sure it's turned on as well.
Network Discovery - Turn On or Off in Windows 8
