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Jason
Asked: 2013-10-29 16:05:13 +0800 CST

The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password

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I have a NAS device, it has 3 shares. On one computer I have access to all 3 of the shares. On another computer I keep getting this error when try and add a 2nd one.

The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password [...]

That is the message I keep getting. What causes that?

EDIT: Every share has it's own username and password.

EDIT: NET USE on the one running 3 from the same NAS device

New connections will be remembered.


Status       Local     Remote                    Network

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK           T:        \\192.168.2.5\SHARE1      Microsoft Windows Network
OK           X:        \\Nas-1dsho-abc\SHARE2    Microsoft Windows Network
Disconnected Y:        \\192.168.2.9\backups     Microsoft Windows Network
OK           Z:        \\Nas-1dsho-abc\cbackups  Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.

NET USE on the other:

New connections will be remembered.


Status       Local     Remote                    Network

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK           Y:        \\192.168.2.5\SHARE1  Microsoft Windows Network
Unavailable  Z:        \\192.168.2.5\SHARE2    Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.

EDIT:

I have been using the 'connect using different credentials' option.

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    NET USE does not allow you to connect to the same server with different credentials. This is because it reuses the same relationship to map additional shares on the same server. You can work around this by making windows think it's a different server either by creating DNS aliases for the same NAS with different names or editing the hosts file on the clients.

    A better solution would be to change your account structure. Don't create an account on the NAS for each share. Create an account on the NAS for each client and give those accounts permissions to the shares.

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  2. If the share is mapped under a different user, you get that message. The mapping is unavailable (to you), and you can't get it to go away. So

    1. switch to the other user;
    2. unmap the drive in Windows explorer;
    3. run "control userpasswords2", Advanced tab, Manage Passwords, Windows Credentials, and remove the login (for good measure);
    4. reboot;
    5. try again under your login.
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  3. It doesn't have to be the same network folder that's mapped. It could be a different folder on the same server, a subfolder of the folder already mapped (which qualifies as my first guess). Not sure how you pulled it off on the first machine, but the best course of action is to check the box that say 'connect using different credentials'. There is an answer already here, no screenshots though as they are command line answers, but effective nonetheless.

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  4. An app I just released on the Windows store called "Advanced share mapper" will do just this.

    You can:

    1. Connect to the same share on a server with different sets of credentials OR
    2. Map to different shares on the same server with different sets of credentials.
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