Win 10 IoT: WindowsIoTCoreWatcher.exe does not show my Raspberry PI device

Question

I have a Raspberry PI with Win 10 IoT installed.

• The device is connected through Ethernet, I can ping it
• I've connected through Powershell, changed admin password. Followed instructions here: http://ms-iot.github.io/content/en-US/win10/samples/PowerShell.htm
• I can connect to the device's web based interface http://ip:8080

However, WindowsIoTCoreWatcher.exe does not show or list my device. I tried Refresh button, run as admin. Still no result.

How can I fix the issue?

Thank you,

Answer 1

WindowsIoTCoreWatcher listens for UDP broadcasts that are sent every five seconds by a process running on the device: C:\Windows\System32\ebootpinger.exe. It appears that this process occasionally dies or stops broadcasting, particularly if the device has not been rebooted in several days. It can be restarted with the PowerShell command (e.g. in a remote interactive session):

Start-Process ebootpinger.exe