Windows 11 How to change the cached Nearby Sharing friendly name of another PC

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One of the Windows 11 PC's on my network has changed it's "friendly" device name used for nearby sharing. All the other PC's see the new name but oddly my Windows 11 PC still shows it the old name - it can transfer files to it but the name being wrong is very confusing.I've rebooted, turned sharing on and off but nothing seems to force my PC to show the current "friendly" name.I've searched the registry but can't find where the old name is stored.Does anyone know where a Windows 11 PC keeps it's cache of "friendly" names and how I can change them?Just to be clear...I'm not talking about changi

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