Cannot map network drives using 'net use' while elevated as an administrator is the previous question, and this is somewhat of a follow-up.
So here's what I've done over the last few months:
- Mapped two network drives as normal user (username Joey, only user on JOEY-LAPTOP, my laptop)
- Get "Access Denied" error whenever I try to write to files on the network drive – can read and execute just fine but cannot save files to it etc.
- Unmapped network drives, ran Windows Explorer as administrator and remapped them – this fixed nothing
- Tried using
net use
, that failed, so I asked this question and received the answer - Mapped network drives using
net use
as administrator, then usedtakeown
to transfer ownership to user Joey on system JOEY-LAPTOP (JOEY-LAPTOP\Joey
) - Still get access denied error
I'm not trying to do anything across different computers – I'm only using my laptop. I'm pretty sure this has been happening since I wiped my laptop and reinstalled my OS.
Best Answer
Figured out the answer:
I went to my Users directory (the top level share) and went to Properties > Advanced Sharing > Permissions. I added permissions for my user (
JOEY-LAPTOP\Joey
) for full control, and I guess that fixed it.Thanks @techie007 for the comment.