MyLanViewer Network/IP Scanner

I use Mylanviewer to quickly access my other computers in my location via FREE Teamviewer.

We can add a program to MyLanViewer’s internal right-click menu of actions to take when pointing to a computer in the scanned list of computers.

To add FREE Teamviewer remote control, first install FREE Teamviewer, then do this inside MyLanViewer:
– Right-click on a found computer
– select [ Open computer with ]
– [ Edit Applications … ]
– [ + Add ]
– Application title: [ Teamviewer ] <– add this
– Path: [ C:\Program Files (x86)\TeamViewer\TeamViewer.exe ] <– browse to add this
– Command line: [ -i %ip -P password ] <– add this
– – where 'password' is the quick-access Teamviewer password,
– – if all computers use the same local quick-access password,
– – otherwise use
– Command line: [ -i %ip ] >] to Start enumeration
– wait
– double-click a found shared folder
– it opens in Microsoft Windows File Explorer,
– no way to save or export a list of network shares as a text file.

MyLanViewer can only save a poorly formatted text file of devices, it does not print well, but it does have a CSV export that nicely imports into a spreadsheet, then we can format for printing, but it only reports physical devices, no network logical shares.

Alternative FREE Advanced-IP-Scanner can immediately save and print the immediately displayed scan results, which is a cleanly-formatted ‘map’ of network devices AND logical shares – I scan and print and pin one on the wall wherever I find a router, any place I go and connect.

I have difficulty getting MyLanviewer to re-scan a new network list when I take my computer to another network or when I change my router or router address, it’s hard to get it to re-scan and trust that it found and is displaying the new network and not just re-displaying history of the old network that I am no longer connected to.

It makes no sense to me to have to do and un-do things wherever I go, I expect to open MyLanViewer and see my LAN, right now.

We cannot sort by a computer’s found ‘friendly’ network name, nor by IP address, nor by device manufacturer ( such as, show all Dells together, show all HPs together ) – alternative FREE Advanced-IP-Scanner can resort the found list of LAN devices by displayed column contents, such as Name, IP, Manufacturer, and so on.

MyLanViewer claims to be able to control our shared folders, but I see no such power or tools inside the program – we have to exit and manually find Microsoft Windows Computer Management, Shared Folders, Shares, then right-click a share and select [ Stop sharing ], or select [ Action ], [ New ], [ Share … ], and then follow the [ Create A Shared Folder Wizard ] – none of that is do-able inside MyLanviewer.

And some of MyLanviewer’s tool windows are not resizable.

MyLanViewer has some deep reporting tools, but the program is more for technicians who are wire crimpers, and physical device management, than it is for people who manage shared logical resources such as data in directories across a network, nor does it empower us to troubleshoot why a network share might be failing.

Recommendations to MyLanViewer for improvements:
– immediately enumerate logical shares, not just physical shares
– allow intelligent saving, printing, and exporting of all presentations
– allow resizing of all windows
– intelligently discover, identify, and present when I am connected to a new network
– present all information on the screen in spreadsheet columns that I can search, sort, and select
– really manage logical sharing of data directories
– include testing and troubleshooting.

In other words, like IObit, stop being a one-trick-pony, and instead expand and develop a full toolkit for LAN Management, including shares and troubleshooting, not just physical LAN Device Reporting.

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