Drive Mapping

ace-rimmer · 7 Sep 2015 at 11:14

Hi

i have an odd issue, i have a network drive mapped and is seen no problem in my computer, but it doesn't show up in the browse window of device manager which is where the drivers are located, is there an option that stops you being able to navigate a mapped drive?

also if you choose "have disk" this doesn't show mapped drives either

Thanks

bledd · 7 Sep 2015 at 14:37

That's odd, in 7 they show up for sure.

I guess maybe Device Manager launches under an elevated user (as a different user account with no mapped drives)

russell664 · 8 Sep 2015 at 16:16

Oh this, I had such issues with this, drove me insane, but eventually fixed it.

I used to connect to my NAS using an IP address EG: 192.168.1.112. But on Windows 10 it did not work. :confused:

However using \\SERVERNAME\Folder works fine, and connects fine, but after a restart, it would fail to login, even when there was no security on the concerned folder.

I found when adding a new drive select both 'Connect to when logging in' and also 'use different credentials' on this type \SERVERNAME\USERNAME then your admin password for the server address, and it will work fine, and persist after a restart.

ace-rimmer · 8 Sep 2015 at 16:16

This was the fix i used, for sum reason its not there as default.

To work around this problem, configure the EnableLinkedConnections registry value. This value enables Windows Vista and Windows 7 to share network connections between the filtered access token and the full administrator access token for a member of the Administrators group. After you configure this registry value, LSA checks whether there is another access token that is associated with the current user session if a network resource is mapped to an access token. If LSA determines that there is a linked access token, it adds the network share to the linked location.
To configure the EnableLinkedConnections registry value

Click Start, type regedit in the Start programs and files box, and then press ENTER.

Locate and then right-click the registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.

Point to New, and then click DWORD Value.

Type EnableLinkedConnections, and then press ENTER.

Right-click EnableLinkedConnections, and then click Modify.

In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.