#AIRDROP TO PC PC#
This notification will offer a few options - “Decline,” to refuse the file “Save” to save the file to the PC (in the specified location we set earlier) and “Save & Open” to save the file in its designated location, and then automatically open it. It will show up in the Action Center as well, which can be found at the bottom right corner of your taskbar. Moving over to the PC that the file is being sent to, you should see a notification appear above the taskbar. Then, a notification appears right above the taskbar that’ll say something like “Sharing to NameOfPC” or “Sharing to Brad’s PC,” all depending on the name of your PC. Once the PC appears that you’re able to share with, it’s as simple as clicking on it. Not only that, but make sure Nearby Sharing is set to sharing and receiving from “Everyone Nearby” in the Settings option we were just looking at.
#AIRDROP TO PC UPDATE#
If no PCs are found, make sure you have the Spring Creators Update installed on the other PC, as well as making sure Nearby Sharing is enabled on it. You can click on just about any file on your PC, and in the dialog box, just click “Share.” The Nearby Sharing dialog opens up and begins searching for nearby PCs that you can send your file to. Sharing a file to another nearby PC is super easy. By default, files are saved to your Downloads folder - C:UsersYourNameDownloads - but if you want to change this, you can setup a specific location or folder for received files to be saved to.
Lastly, you can also choose where received files are saved to.
#AIRDROP TO PC WINDOWS 10#
So, for the “My Device’s Only” portion to work, you’ll have to make sure your nearby Windows 10 PC’s are logged in with your Microsoft account, not a friend’s, not a work e-mail address or a family member’s Microsoft account. But, if you want to restrict it, you can click on the drop down box and change it to “My Device’s Only.” The way it tells if it’s your device is if the nearby Windows 10 PC is logged in with your Microsoft account. By default, Windows 10 allows you to send and receive content from any nearby Windows 10 PC. Here, you can also choose who you send and receive content from. To turn Nearby Sharing on, it’s as simple as moving the slider to the “On” position. On the left navigation pane, click on Shared Experiences. To enable Nearby Sharing this way, open the Settings app, and head into System.
So, if you don’t see the feature, make sure you have the latest update downloaded and installed. Remember, Nearby Sharing is a new feature available in 2018’s Spring Creators Update. Still, if you want to start sharing files over Bluetooth with peer-t0-peer Wi-Fi in Windows 10, be sure to follow along below – we’ll help you get things up and running! Setting Up Nearby Sharing For now, Nearby Sharing only works between two Windows 10 PC’s - you can’t do it from mobile to a Windows 10 PC or a Windows 10 PC to mobile however, that feature is in the works, but we don’t know when it’ll arrive just yet. Again, super neat and helpful feature, but now folks that use Windows now have a similar feature.Īs part of the Spring Creators Update for this year, Microsoft included a new feature in Windows 10 that they’re calling Nearby Sharing. Apple’s system does it completely over Bluetooth and peer-to-peer Wi-Fi (this essentially allows two devices to connect to each other without a wireless access point). It’s a really neat feature because you don’t have to be connected to the Internet to use it.