Microsoft Just Removed HomeGroups From Windows 10

Author: Justin Pot / Source: howtogeek.com

Microsoft is killing off the entire notion of HomeGroups, and removing a few other features from Windows 10.

The Windows 10 April 2018 update is here with lots of great features, but as René Descartes famously said “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

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And so begins the end of HomeGroups, which was an attempt to simplify file sharing that turned out to be surprisingly complicated. Your current file and printer shares should keep working, but you won’t find any reference to HomeGroups in Windows after installing the latest update.

Here’s the official Microsoft post about the change:

When you update to Windows 10, version 1803, you won’t see HomeGroup in File Explorer, the Control Panel, or Troubleshoot (Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot). Any printers, files, and folders that you shared using HomeGroup will…

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