raro Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 strange...I have two computers in one homegroup and set up the file sharing. It works for pictures and movies but not for music. I can see all the directories but they are all empty. Been through all the trouble shooting routines and stuff....clicked again and again on the music folder and set it to "share with home group"...nada! anything I overlooked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokrick Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 What version of windows 7 do you have on each machine. You can't create and share if you are using Home basic. Just an idea. Cheers, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Maybe check ownership of the files you don't see. I see this sometimes with old files after having reinstalled windows. Locate the folder holding your files, right click > properties > security (tab) > advanced > owner (tab) - check that the owner is set correct. If not, click edit (or I think there might be an option to "take ownership" if you don't already own the files). Make sure you tick the box for doing this with all files and folders under this folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Check file/folder permissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridaguy Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Also check in windows media player. I seem to remember some settings in there that will share over the network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 duuhhh....after fiddling around with it for several nights and a lot of frustration, I got the bright idea to connect the computers with a LAN cable to the router..yeah...this is so 90s but suddenly it worked! Turns out that if the host computer's WiFi card doesn't work properly, the client (laptop) can connect with WiFi but the host needs to be connected with a cable... Trip to Tukcom is due... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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