Windows 10: Cannot create a homegroup in Windows 10 Enterprise

Why cant I create a homegroup?

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create a homegroup

Hi Frankievan,

This issue logging in or joining HomeGroup could have happened due to administrator settings. To resolve your issue, we would like to know more about the issue by asking the following questions below:

• Are you the administrator of the HomeGroup network?
• Have you taken or completed any troubleshooting steps?

If you are the administrator, we suggest that you check the settings of your HomeGroup network. You can follow the steps provided in this

article to check if there is something wrong with the settings.

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

create homegroup in windows 10

Hi Barry,

There are a lot of possible reason why you cannot create a
HomeGroup. To isolate this matter, we have some questions for you:

• 
  When did this issue start?
  
• 
  Were there any error messages?
  
• 
  Were there any changes made before the issue occurred?
  
• 
  What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

Kindly refer to
Ashish's answer
regarding
Can't create HomeGroup in Windows 10.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.

 

When trying to create a Homegroup, I get the message "Windows can not create a Homegroup on this computer" with no explanation.

Hi Robert,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you are facing. I will certainly help you with this.

Kindly let us know the below,

• Are you using Windows 10 Home edition?

Please be informed that, if you are using Windows 10 Home Edition then you can only join to a Homegroup but cannot create. If you are using Windows 10 Pro Edition then you can create and join to a Homegroup.

If you are using other edition of Windows, I suggest you to try the below steps and check if this helps.

Method 1: Run the HomeGroup troubleshooter.

Follow the below steps:

1. Type troubleshooting in the search bar.

2. Select Troubleshooting.

3. Select View all on the top left corner.

4. Click on HomeGroup.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.

Method 2:

I would recommend you to refer to the following Microsoft article on
HomeGroup problems in Windows.

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support

Note: The above article is applicable to Windows 10.

Also, I suggest you to refer the below Microsoft article on "HomeGroup from start to finish" and see if this helps.

HomeGroup from start to finish

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.