How to enter credentials into a mapped drive?

[beethoven]

I recently switched to Win7 and noticed that when trying to access my mapped drives, I am encountering an issue I did not have previously on XP. These drives require a log-in and currently when I boot up in the morning, they are showing up as unavailable (big x). The problem is that clicking on the drives does not present me with a log-in box. Once I go to explorer, connect there via entering my password, I can then access them via Xyplorer too. What do I have to do to "force" the log-in box within Xyplorer to avoid having to use explorer first? This issue did not happen when using Xp.

[admin]

Don't know. (I hoped somebody would reply who knows.)

[avsfan]

Is this related to initially accessing networked drives in general? When I start up Windows, I can't access networked drives in XY unless I first open them in Windows Explorer. After that, I don't need WinExpl any more (and it'd be great if I didn't need to use it at all!)

[grindax]

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[avsfan]

Yes, you need to access the mapped drives in Windows Explorer before you can access them in XY.

Right -- I'm wondering why that's the case, and if there's anything that can be done about it to remove the need to open WinExpl first...

[admin]

The problem is: I don't have that problem here. All works as expected without WE. But then my mapped drives don't need credentials.

[grindax]

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[beethoven]

Just to clarify - for me the issue first started after switching to Win 7 - in Xp I did not have that issue - otherwise yes, my experience is exactly like grindax and avsfan.

The drives are mapped and require id as I am using a vpn to access a remote location.

[admin]

Anybody has an idea how I could reproduce this?

[grindax]

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[admin]

Anybody has an idea how I could reproduce this?

Create a network share that requires logon credentials on one PC, map a drive to it on a different PC where you're running XY. Reboot your PC running XY and then before opening WE for the first time, open XY and try to access the mapped drive.

That should do it. Although domain authentication may come into this as well. Several times I've tried to access network shares (at work) in XY first, only to end up getting my domain account locked out as a result. Basically, XY doesn't allow the opportunity to authenticate properly.

I have only 1 PC, and my Win7 is running in a virtual box.

[acheton]

I have only 1 PC, and my Win7 is running in a virtual box.

I have the same problem as the OP. In order to replicate in your environment enter the UNC path to one of the admin shares such as \\VIRTUALMACHINENAME\C$ and that might prompt you...

[admin]

No prompt in sight anywhere.

[acheton]

No prompt in sight anywhere.

Is the VM on a separate domain to the machine running it? If not that is probably why you don't get a prompt. I can replicate the issue using a VM or connecting to a remote machine, for whatever reason you are already authenticated or do not need to be authenticated to access your network share.

[admin]

All on the same domain.

This is very hard to investigate. I'm currently into totally different things. So this will have to wait, sorry.