Can't add network location...

Wanting to add new network location but can't figure out why since I already have added in the past.
Only 2 of 3 locations are visible on my notebook but all 3 are on other PC's. I've tried to browse with the wizard but location isn't shown to add.

not sure what I'm missing??
notebook with win-11 PRO
thx

In Option One, Step 5 of the tutorial (see below), try manually entering the UNC network path of the network share.

The UNC path starts with a double backslash (\\) followed by the computername or the IP address of the machine that has the shared folder on it, followed by a single backslash character and the name of the share. This share name is not necessarily always the same as the foldername of the shared folder (but it can be). It's the name that you entered when you set up the folder as a shared folder.

It also is possible (optional) to add another backslash character and a relative path after the share name in the UNC path, e.g., to make it point to a subfolder that exists in the shared folder.

On a side note, NTFS Junctions can also be shared or be part of the relative path, but to make them accessible over the network these Junctions need to be created as an Administrator so that their so-called Redirection Trust will be set to "Trusted", and these Junctions also need to have the necessary NTFS permissions that make them accessible to the user who is trying to access them over the network, as does the Target of each of these Junctions. If the path meets these criteria and the Target is valid, then the machine that you're accessing over the network should be able to resolve the path, including the Junction(s).

Turns out I had to add /public to location i.e. (my-location/public) then it was shown in wizard.

PA WOODCHUCK said:

Turns out I had to add /public to location i.e. (my-location/public) then it was shown in wizard.

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Are you referring to this?

• Public folder sharing. Turning on this option shares the c:\users\public folder as \\computername\public. You have the option to share the folder with read permissions only, or with full read/write permissions. If you want to change the permissions assigned to this folder, you can use the Advanced Sharing feature (available on the Sharing tab of every folder) to adjust the users and groups to whom permissions are given. Turning on public folder sharing automatically enables file sharing.

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It was on my NAS.