Windows 10: 24H2 has broken mapped network drives - why and fix?

24H2 has broken mapped network drives - why and fix?First, I want MS to know I am incensed about this feature being broken. This so-called security update has cost me nearly 3 days of research and restoration effort.I installed a clean install of Windows 11 Pro with a local account on my main machine. Got mapped drives and remote desktop working. Then 24h2 gets installed and all of it breaks again.FFS MS! Is it your goal just to make Windows 11 unusable? I am very computer literate and can't fix it - just imagine your average simple user!The only functional fix I found is to go back to 22h2 w

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Trouble Mapping Network Drive

I have a WD NAS drive connected to my router and have mapped it on three of my computers. I just setup another laptop with Windows 10 and have updated it to 1809 and when I tired Mapping a network drive nothing is displayed in the browse window except the
computer I am currently using. The drive is shown under network locations in File Explorer but not when you select map network drive and browse. I right clicked on the drive and selected properties and noted the IP address and went back into Map network drive
but instead of selecting browse I entered the IP address but it still does not map the drive. The strange part is if I go to any of the computers that already has the network drive mapped and select Map network drive and select browse none of those computers
show the drive either but you can select the mapped drive in the drive list in file explorer and it works just fine.

I have read several articles both here and elsewhere and tried the suggestions but nothing works. Network discovery is turned on as is file sharing and also checked if all three boxes under SMB file sharing support in Windows features were also checked and
they are. I have mapped several computers to several different drives over the years and anytime the drive was not listed it was always easy to go into Network Sharing Centre and find the problem but everything seems to be as it should so would appreciate
if someone can suggest something I may have overlooked.

Thank you

 

Can't connect to mapped network drive

Hi,

R. Cord here, Independent Expert. Hope you are doing well.

could you Sir provide more information?

What I can suggest:

Mapped network drive may fail to reconnect in Windows 10, version 1809

Check the topic, and test workaround.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/...

Recommend a video with full steps using register editor

How To Fix Cannot Map Network drives In Windows 10



I hope it helps,

let me know if you need further assistance!

Regards,

R. Cord

 

Connecting NAS - mapping of drives

Ok, If you want, we can do a step by step troubleshooting of your current situation: If you are able to ping your Machine and it responds. Code:

Try to view if your NAS appears on the Network List: Code:

If Your NAS appears on the list, try to view it: Code:

The available shares will be listed there. Then Try to List the content of one of the directories: Code:

This should list the content of the directory, If all this works Try to map a drive on one share: Code:

Pls reply with the "response" of the first "encounter" of a non positive output. This exercise should reveal if you have a Network or Protocol or Cipher or Authentication problem.