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    joepadmiraal
    deepin
    2019-02-12 11:15
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    Hi,

    I noticed I can easily open Windows shares with the smb:// notation in the file manager.
    But when I go to 'Computers in LAN / Windows Network' nothing shows up.
    Is there something I have to configure or install before this will work?

    I'm running Deepin 15.9.1 x86_64

    Thanks,
    Joep
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    BLumia
    deepin
    2019-02-13 00:11
    #1
    Probably something wrong with gio, close the file manager app and try again may works.

    btw, when you opened the Computers in LAN view, the result you've got is the same as listing "entries" inside network:/// , so you can check if gio works fine or not first

    1. gio list network:///
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    joepadmiraal
    deepin
    2019-02-13 11:55
    #2
    I tried restarting my laptop but it did not help.

    1. > gio list network:///
    2. smb-root
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    So I thought maybe I can list smb-root:
    1. >gio list network:///smb-root
    2. gio: network:///smb-root: The file is not a directory
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    Also the gio documentation says: The info command is similar to the traditional ls utility.
    1. gio info network:///        
    2. display name: Network
    3. name: /
    4. type: directory
    5. uri: network:///
    6. attributes:
    7.   standard::type: 2
    8.   standard::name: /
    9.   standard::display-name: Network
    10.   standard::icon: network-workgroup
    11.   standard::content-type: inode/directory
    12.   standard::symbolic-icon: network-workgroup-symbolic
    13.   id::filesystem: network:
    14.   access::can-write: FALSE
    15.   access::can-delete: FALSE
    16.   access::can-trash: FALSE
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    But that does not look like the result of an ls command to me
    Do you have any pointers for what I can do next?
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    joepadmiraal
    deepin
    2019-07-31 04:09
    #3
    I updated to the stable release this week and in this version the problem does not appear.
    So I'm now able to browse my Windows network again.

    Regards,
    Joep
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    jigglywiggly
    deepin
    2019-08-01 15:19
    #4
    Also if you find browsing windows shares slow like I did on deepin file manager or even on nautilus and thunar, use Dolphin file explorer. For whatever reason it is significantly faster to browse Windows network shares for me.
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