Not being able to access your mapped drives on a Windows computer is a serious issue. It prevents you from accessing files stored across computers or enjoying easy file-sharing over the network. In ...

If you would like to remove the Map network drive Context Menu item using the local group policy, here are the steps you should follow. But one thing you should remember is that this method can only ...

Mapping drives to computers on your network helps users store and access data on networked drives with a minimum of hassle. Windows keeps track of these mapped drives in the registry. If you are ...

The previous tutorial in this series demonstrated how to create hidden shares so others on the network are unable to see them. This tutorial continues the discussion on advanced sharing techniques, ...

I have a question about network drives that I hope Ars can help me with. We have over 25 sites and each site has its own file server/share. In the past, we have given each site a drive letter but with ...

Drive mapping is one of the most convenient ways to connect to shared files and resources across a business network. In Windows 8, you can connect to any other computer in the network's shared folders ...

Windows allows you to map network drives to your computer so that you can access them through File Explorer without always having to search for them or use the address bar to find them. While network ...

All right, this has always pissed me off about MS's implementation of mapping network drives, but 2008 makes it even worse than it used to be.<br><br>The Problem: You can't map a network drive in a ...

In certain respects, File Explorer is better on Windows 11. However, it still has problems. For instance, the search feature is still slow and doesn’t always produce the best results. I turn to ...

These instructions describe how to access a College of Science network drive from a Windows or MAC computer. (You need to either be on a campus network or connected via VPN to access network shares.) ...