If your PC belongs to a domain, you can join a homegroup but you can't create one. If a homegroup already exists on your network, you'll be asked to join it instead of creating a new one. You’ll need this password to add other PCs to your homegroup. Select the libraries and devices you want to share with the homegroup, and then select Next.Ī password will appear-print it or write it down. Open HomeGroup by typing homegroup in the search box on the taskbar, and then selecting HomeGroup. In Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic, you can join a homegroup, but you can’t create one.

You can join a homegroup on a PC running Windows RT 8.1, but you can't create a homegroup or share content with the homegroup. HomeGroup is available in Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 7.

You can prevent specific files or folders from being shared, and you can share additional libraries later. Other people can't change the files that you share unless you give them permission to do so.Īfter you create or join a homegroup, you select the libraries (for example, My Pictures or My Documents) that you want to share. You can help protect your homegroup with a password, which you can change at any time. You can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers with other people in your homegroup. To learn how to share files, see Share files in File Explorer.Ī homegroup is a group of PCs on a home network that can share files and printers. To learn how to share printers in Windows 10, Share your network printer. However, you can still do these things by using features that are built into Windows 10. For more info, see HomeGroup removed from Windows 10 (Version 1803).Īfter you install the update, you won’t be able to share files and printers using HomeGroup.

HomeGroup has been removed from Windows 10 (Version 1803).

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