They didn’t warn you to bend over and grab your ankles before installing the update?
Linux Mint. Trust me, after the small initial learning curve, you’ll be glad you did.
There goes the “Neighborhood”
Windows 7
I use “PS3 Media Server” - it is a uPnP/DLNA media server, I host it on a Win10 machine and get push/pull music/movies to any TV in my house. Works with HDMI dongles like Chromcast - use your phone to search the content then send it to the device of choice.
For other files I believe there’s options on Windows for NFS.
As others have pointed out, M$ removed the “Home Group” support, which was nothing more than an implementation of filesharing which could be done better using their other products.
Depending on what you’re doing, there are plenty of other ways to move files around in your home that do not involve opening up file access to your computer, even using what Microsoft still provides for Win10 Home (e.g. UNC shares). Generally speaking, unless you absolutely need to have file-level access to a computer on your network, you really shouldn’t do it.
I’ve been in more than one coffee shop or library where someone’s had an open file share on their computer with no security and I’ve dumped files on to it - usually with a note explaining that they had this file share open on a public network along with the date, time and SSID.
One guy had his home computer on a corporate network during an unannounced pen-test. He had his entire C: drive open. I replaced winword.exe with a series of scripts and had most of the network compromised about a day later (the rules of engagement were Capture-The-Flag).
Another fool at a different company had the same setup and some seriously questionable pornography on his computer. I reported it to my contact (the project manager) and that guy was gone within 30 days. After that, all of my contracts explicitly stated that encountering anything that looked like child porn compelled me to stop the exercise and notify them that the material would be turned over to law enforcement.
Moral of the stories: If you think you need to have open file shares on your computer, you likely do not. Attach a drive to a router, run a small file server (there are COTS solutions as well as homebrew that are super-cheap) or share them in an off-network location (Google Drive, Dropbox, personal OwnCloud, etc.). The risks do not outweigh the convenience(s).
I believe “map network drive” is back. It was always way better than homegroup and workgroup. The only place that causes annoyance for me is mapping drives on hardwired computers using my auxiliary routers.
Install a small file server and run linux on it.