WD SmartWare Pro unable to find WD MyCloud in my network

The WD My Cloud is not totally useless. It can still be used to store a backup using any third party backup software that supports saving to an NAS. Windows 10 can be a bit flaky with the My Cloud as explained in the Compilation of Windows 10 Methods, Steps and Solutions thread tacked at the top of this subforum. I’ve had similar problems with Windows 7 were Smartware sometimes has trouble finding the My Cloud or accessing the Smartware folder when it is set to Private via the Dashboard. My solution was to dump Smartware and use a more full featured third party backup program/software.