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There is an issue with network drives that are set to be mapped on startup, where windows attempts to map them before the network has been initialised properly.

A partial fix for this is to give the computer a static IP address, this works most of the time because it causes the network to be ready faster, but not always and may not be an option.

A better option is to make a scheduled task that runs when the network is available, as described in Setup.

Another issue is programs that are run as administrator don't have access to shares mapped as a user.

To work around this problem, configure the EnableLinkedConnections registry value. This value enables Windows to share network connections between the filtered access token and the full administrator access token for a member of the Administrators group.

• Open the network tab in Explorer and connect to the network share to authenticate for the first time, make sure to select Remember my credentials
• Open Task Scheduler
• Action > Create Task
• General:
  • Name > Reconnect Network Drives
  • Run only when user is logged on
  • Configure for > Windows 10
• Triggers > New:
  • Begin the task > At startup
• Conditions > Network > Start only if the following network connections are available
• Actions > New:
  • Action > Start a program
  • Program/Script > cmd.exe
  • Add arguments:

/c "net use R: "\\FileServer\Public" & net use S: "\\FileServer\Documents" & net use T: "\\FileServer\Photos" & net use U: "\\FileServer\Music" & net use V: "\\FileServer\Video" & net use W: "\\FileServer\Software" & net use X: "\\FileServer\Dereks Documents" & net use Y: "\\FileServer\Downloads" & net use Z: "\\FileServer\Dereks Backups""

• Download and run the following file to make the change to the registry:

ShareNetworkShares.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLinkedConnections"=dword:00000001