Questions tagged [network-drive]
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Connecting to remote C drive through powershell
I am trying to write a script for some troubleshooting tools and one of them is a script to connect to a remote machine's C drive.
If I open Explorer, enter \\remoteHostname\c$ I am prompted for admin ...
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How to remove a volume that is linked to a disconnected network drive
I have a disconnected network drive that is linked to a volume (N:). It used to be linked to an NFS share on 127.0.0.1\data (using WinNFSd), but I didn't need it anymore.
I am trying to remove it, ...
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Where are network drive credentials saved in the latest Windows 10?
Until recently (before year 2022) network drive credentials were saved in Credentials Manager/Windows Credentials. Now there are no entries there. It looks like they were moved somewhere. Where there ...
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Mirroring files from a network drive to external hard disk
I use a network drive to store my data. I want to create a mirror of this data on a local external hard disk. I am using Seagate Backup Plus Hub and it does come with a Toolkit software which is used ...
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Replacing local server and network drives with a cloud storage equivalent
In our business, we have a local server and all devices on the network can access any of the drives in this server but we're very serious in wanting to move to a cloud-based solution so that we don't ...
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Sharing a network drive over WAN with MacOS and Linux
I would like to share a network drive in a way that can be accessed from both MacOS and Linux, over the internet. I have a home Linux server, as well as one on AWS. The MacOS computer will be another ...
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How to modify the capacity of a Windows 10 network or virtual disk?
Is there any way to modify hard disk drive volume size with virtually? Some network disk clients has set volume size function and I want to know how to control it.
I think it is possible fix registry ...
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Unable to Map Network Drive to Samba on VPS (Ubuntu 20.04)
I have a VPS (Virtual Private Server) running Ubuntu 20.04. I can SSH to it no problem, but for some reason I cannot map a network drive in Windows 10 to Samba running on the VPS.
On the server I run: ...
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Is there a reason for mapping a network drive that was also being remotely accessed through Network Sharing by the same PC?
Is there a connection/reason for mapping a network drive and Network Sharing that same PC? Both PCs run Windows 10 Pro. Because a PC that has been remotely accessing mine, through Network Sharing ...
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How can a folder have much larger `size on disk` than `size`?
I have a folder on a NTFS network drive. I had copied it over from my local NTFS drive. Its displayed size on the network drive is totally confusing to me:
Size: 1,34 GB
Size on Disk: 12,2 ...
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Map network drive by IP (3rd octet)
I would like to map the correct network drive (from several ones) to a computer using the IP assigned by DHCP through a batch script.
So when the computer connects and i.e. gets allocated the IP 192....
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Windows 10 PowerShell cannot add network locations past \\xxx\xxx
I have been trying to create a network drive using PowerShell that has a network location nested further than \\xxx\xxx, but I am unable to do so; whenever I try, I get error: (parts in brackets are ...
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Slow local network (device in the same room) speed when connected to vpn
I have a mapped drive on my local network. When I copy files from or to it without a VPN connection, I have a speed 4-5 times greater than when I'm connected to VPN.
Obviously, something is wrong, ...
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Solve the "The network location cannot be reached" issue without admin rights and restarting
I have a similar problem as the one reported here, but I don't have admin rights, and neither I want to restart my computer.
Here at my company many of our documents and software are located on some ...
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Computer does not recognize network drive name
My desktop is connected to a network drive whose IP address is \\10.7.50.3.
The same drive can also be reached simply by going to \\fea-fe1 and if I ping fea-fe1, here is the result:
Pinging fea-fe1 [...
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Setting file permissions on Windows 10 is very slow
I have Synology active directory running on my NAS. Setting file/folder permissions using windows 10 in network drive is crazy slow. Applying permissions on one file takes few seconds, and it is ...
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Network drive seems empty over UNC-path (but actually isn't)
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Network drive seems to be empty when using UNC-notation. In windows explorer trying the following \\192.168.1.1 shows my 2 drives (G:, H:) correctly, but if I want to access G: the windows ...
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Windows 10 does not show "Always available offline" for my SMB network drive
I'm on Windows 10. I have connected a drive shared by a Raspberry Pi via SMB as a network drive. Access via Windows File Explorer works both for reading and writing. However, I can't seem to make it &...
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Share drives time out
I have a client that wants their users to be able to be in their network drives for long periods of time without being timed out and having to sign back in.
Currently the users sign in with their ...
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Way to Refresh Network Drives due to Disconnection from Pending VPN Connection without Workflow Interruption
I posted this question on Stack Exchange, but haven't had a successful answer as of yet (the one suggestion I got had to be shot down in my case due to IT security restrictions disabling Windows ...
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User having duplicate folders populate on network drive
I have a domain user who is experiencing an issue in which folders in our "Share" drive will populate with a phantom folder, containing all of the contents of the original folder. For example:
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"Device name already in use" when trying to access NAS still waking up from sleep
Environment: windows 10 PC + Synology NAS on a static IP set up to go to sleep after 30m of not using it
Whenever I try to access a network share mapped to a drive letter, e.g. "V:" in this example I ...
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Backing up a network drive to another network drive through VPN
I am having a network drive on location A. This location A has a VPN tunnel to which I can connect remotely. I am having another network drive on Location B.
Now I want to mirror all my files every ...
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Use Git on a shared drive within WSL
I have a network-attached drive, T: that I can access via Windows File Explorer or GitBash just fine. But in WSL, I cannot use git to push to a remote located on the drive. Here is my workflow:
Mount ...
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Resource Monitor not showing networked drive mapped to Z:
Running Windows 7, I am mapping my network drive to Z: with no issues. I can use the Z: drive with no problems, from the Explorer or applications. However, I noticed that a Rainmeter skin I am using ...
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How to disconnect unavailable network drives in Windows 10?
My company laptop runs a command line script during boot which adds a set of network drives to the Windows. I'm not using any of these during work at all, I don't even have access to some of them (...
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Changing Location of User's Personal Folders Only Partially Works
I changed the location of a user's personal folders to a mounted network drive, by modifying the values under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. ...
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Cygwin's ffmpeg incorrectly reports missing input file on a network drive
I'm writing a shell script in cygwin to extract frames from a list of videos located on a network drive.
I have assigned the network drive the letter L: on Windows and thus the root of the drive is ...
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Sync OneDrive for Business in Win10 on VirtualBox with shared folder on host system
I have a Debian linux system and would like to sync my OneDrive for Business folders. There are some linux clients for OneDrive, that do not really work, they either don't work with OneDrive for ...
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Windows 10 file transfer stuck at 100%
When trying to copy files from my external drive or a network drive, the file transfer dialog often stays open after the file transfer has presumably been completed. The dialog window is entitled "...
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Searching files network drive and logging file names
I'm trying to log the filenames of files containing a certain word. The files are across multiple directories in a network drive. I've tried to do it myself but couldn't find any solution.
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Assign a second letter to a Mapped Network Drive, without it appearing in This PC
I currently have a network drive assigned to letter O:. A few of my co-workers have it mapped to a letter Z:, and that's how they post their links to me. From this question I've found I can subst that ...
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SharePoint mapped as network drive no longer works
I have in the past accessed two SharePoint sites on our company network by mapping them as network drives. That is, I have added a network drive in File Explorer to a URL of the form
https://...
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Network drive connection failed. Which app/service to unlock in my firewall?
I installed TinyWall firewall and now Windows 10 cannot reconnect the network drives. Which service is responsible for this?
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Using network files locally for increased performance
In my workplace we are provided a mapped network drive to store all of our important files. The network drives have their own backup procedures in place. Thus we are required to keep all our important ...
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Windows 10 - Network Drive (WebDAV) access limited
I've connected MS Windows through the explorer (File Manager) with a WebDAV server. Everything seems to work correct, I can download files and create directories. But if I try to upload files to the ...
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Why can't I set 'attrib +h +s' on Desktop.ini on network drive
I'm trying to use custom icons for folders on a network drive and I've followed all the usual advice but cannot set the right attributes on the desktop.ini file. I'm using Windows 10 and have so far......
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Windows Connect to Mapped Network Drive Letter without File explorer
How can I connect to an already mapped network drive on the command line (i.e. without using File Explorer)?
I'd like to be able to run something like
C:\Users\ZaneDufour> some_command "D"
C:\...
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Disable network drive error message on other networks
On my laptop (Windows 10 Pro), I connect to a network drive (Z) at work, which is only available on our local network.
When I take my laptop home, inevitable leaving several windows of File Explorer ...
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Computer freezing when accessing network files [closed]
Whenever any application on my computer tries to reach out to files that are on my companies network drive [i.e. not on my computer], it locks up and crashes. This can be as simple as opening up a ...
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Win 10 Linux Subsystem: Auto-mount network drives
I have no problems mounting a network drive W: with the following command:
sudo mount -t drvfs W: /mnt/htdocs
In /proc/mounts the corresponding line then is:
W: /mnt/htdocs drvfs rw,relatime 0 0
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Task Scheduler permission issues on Network Drive
I have a Python script that I want to run on a machine running Windows Server 2012 (in a domain environment), once a day. It copies files from one network drive to another, and logs its results to a ...
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Windows issues : Access Network Drive
Here is my problem:
I can not access a network drive from my pc under windows 7.
The PC and my profil are in a domain.
When I connect with the same profile on a TSE, my network drive works.
When I ...
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Windows 10 adds prefix connecting to network folder
I have connected a drive in Windows 10 to a WebDAV folder using the "Map Network Drive" dialog:
I checked "Reconnect at sign-in", entered my username and password, all worked. After a reboot however, ...
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Mapped network drives aren't showing in Windows Explorer
Recently I've started to migrate a domain from Windows Server 2003 (mapping drives by script) to a Samba 4 DC (mapping drives by GPO).
Most of the computers work fine, but on some of them I've noticed ...
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Changing filename capitalization for files on a network drive requires permission from myself
Whenever I try to rename a file on a network drive by changing the capitalization, I get a popup error telling me that I can't rename the file without permission from my own account.
For example, I ...
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Office 365 Sharepoint in Windows 10
I have the same issue as this person here in getting a drive mounted as a network drive. Except I am working in the Windows 10 world. Do I still need to authenticate through Internet Explorer first, ...
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Restore and backup, mapped network drives without logging off
I use this script to restore and backup network drives
SET path=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\drives_backup.reg
C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe Export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network %path%
It work great but ...
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Windows File History to FTP
I'm trying to make Windows 10 File History tool use my FTP server for backup and especially versioning.
I've ran into problems. No matter what I do, the File History tool doesn't see, allow or ...
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How to transfer files with SFTP between local folders/drives?
A bit of a noob question, so I apologize if this isn’t even doable, but I thought I’d ask.
I have two hard drives connected to my computer (Windows 8.1), one internal, one external (connected via USB)...
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