Home Networking??

[Beaver]

We currently have a desktop running WIN10 and I just purchased a laptop running WIN11. I want to share/access 1 single excel file between the two computers. How would I go about doing that? Thought it would be simple but haven't had much luck figuring it out. The desktop doesn't have wifi, so I bought a USB wifi adapter so both computers are on the same wifi network. If that is not necessary, it would be a bonus. Thanks to anyone who can help me!

 

[dreamcastrocks]

We currently have a desktop running WIN10 and I just purchased a laptop running WIN11. I want to share/access 1 single excel file between the two computers. How would I go about doing that? Thought it would be simple but haven't had much luck figuring it out. The desktop doesn't have wifi, so I bought a USB wifi adapter so both computers are on the same wifi network. If that is not necessary, it would be a bonus. Thanks to anyone who can help me!

If your goal is to share one single file, you'd be best off emailing it to yourself or setting up something like OneDrive or GoogleDocs, where you can edit the file from the internet rather than either machine independently.

 

[Beaver]

Ok, thanks. So if I wanted access to "my documents", how would I go about linking the computers on a network? I run through the tutorials and just don't see any networks available in the window.

 

[bankybruce]

Ok, thanks. So if I wanted access to "my documents", how would I go about linking the computers on a network? I run through the tutorials and just don't see any networks available in the window.

You can do it. It's not overly complicated.

Try this.

File sharing over a network in Windows - Microsoft Support

Learn about file sharing over a network in Windows.

support.microsoft.com