Browsing Through a Homegroup

Start by clicking the taskbar’s File Explorer icon to open File Explorer. If your computer is a member of a homegroup, on the left side of the File Explorer window you’ll see the title “Homegroup.” Under this are entries for each user’s account, on each of the homegroup computers. Anyone who has elected to share materials with the homegroup—and whose computer is turned on—will be listed here.

Image If you can’t or don’t want to use a homegroup, skip ahead to “Browsing a Network’s Computers,” p. 458. To see how to set up a homegroup for your Windows 8 and 7 computers, seeSetting Up a Homegroup,” p. 407.

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