Windows cannot connect network drive message when connected

[McGraw]

Hi.

Every boot my windows 8.1 machine tells me it can't connect to my windows 7 laptop shared drive even though it's connected fine.

If it's any use to know, I have never been able to set up homegroup between these machines, they are connected through a workgroup.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[bledd]

To prevent this, I'd add a login script that does the following..

net use x: /d

(deletes the mapped x drive)

net use x: \\server\share

 

[KIA]

A delay may help. Disconnect the mapped drive before you do the following.

Create a file named startup.bat in C:\Users\<your_user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

The contents of startup.bat should look something like this:

timeout /t 20 /nobreak
net use x: \\server\share /persistent:no

Reboot!

 

[PooKer]

Is it popping up asking for Authentication details? Having the same username + password for the account on the laptop and on the desktop should work seamlessly. But if they're different you can use Credential Manager to get around this issue.

 

[McGraw]

Thanks everyone.

I'd forgotten about this thread.

There's no login request it just kicks in with he balloon message showing.

I'll try your suggestions.