Feature: Prompt to enable network discovery when clicking the Network option

[Josh65-2201]

What's the Problem?

Currently if it disabled it just shows a blank folder.

Solution/Idea

There should be a prompt to enable network discovery on windows

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[yaira2]

Perhaps an info bar at the top of the directory would be better

[0x5bfa]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8322177/how-to-programmatically-turn-on-network-discovery-in-windows-os

I’m not sure we can detect if the network discovery is on or off.

[0x5bfa]

@hishitetsu fyi

[hishitetsu]

Network PCs are now displayed in the sidebar by #15388. Do we still need a shortcut to the network shell folder in the sidebar? I no longer think it is necessary as with This PC.

[0x5bfa]

I mean if you disable network discovery, File Explorer shows warning on the top of the page notifying that, but still FE’s sidebar shows network PC.

[Josh65-2201]

Do we still need a shortcut to the network shell folder in the sidebar

Not all devices are PCs in that section.

[hishitetsu]

Not all devices are PCs in that section.

I know, but should they be displayed by default? If you want to access Network shell folder, you can pin it like This PC.

[hishitetsu]

@yaira2 what's your thought? In fact, I removed Network shell folder from the sidebar in #15422.

[yaira2]

I would think it’s worth keeping it under the network section, but I’d defer to users who use network drives and give their opinion more weight than my own.

[hishitetsu]

Ok, then I will restore it.