Sharing folder stops working from Windows 7 to windows 10 , vis local Lan cable (static IP)

Question

Hi Team,

I have strange question!.

I have been connecting windows 7 computer with windows 10 with Lan cable using static ip and sharing a folder from windows 7 to windows 10.

Sharing going perfectly fine, when i shared it and mannually mapped the shared folder through map network drive.

However , if i restart the widnows 7 computer , the sharing is lost and i have share that folder back again and mapped it again.

How can i have this automatically mapped , whenever i restart,

Any suggestion and help , would be really appreciated.

Thank in advance

Answer 1

Make sure your Windows 10 is fully update.
Take a look at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/file-sharing-over-a-network-in-windows-10-b58704b2-f53a-4b82-7bc1-80f9994725bf

Answer 2

Hello

Thank you for reaching out.

1. Please check if you have shared folder from some external drives and its drive letter does not changed.
2. Please check if that drives are not encrypted as you may want to enter password or pin to unlock it.
3. MAP folder using below command yo save shared drive information

NET USE L: \SERVER\SHARENAME /PERSISTENT:YES

Hope this helps.

Thank you,

Answer 3

Hello again @Ravi Padol

Additionally,

There are different ways to connect shared drive after reboot, through net command, through registry and using .bat script.

I request you to kindly take backup of registry before doing any changes.

Here are the 3 methods,

1. Open cmd and type net use * /delete to delete the mapped drive, then remap the drive by typing net use *: \server\share folder /p:yes
2. Then open regedit.msc, navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
   Create a new REG_DWORD entry named EnableLinkedConnections set its value to 1. Then reboot your machine.
   If after you boot up your machine and find the mapped drive disappearing in Windows Explorer, open cmd and type net use to see if it exist there.
3. There is a workaround for you to force the drive always mapped every time you boot up.
   Create a logon script and type: @Echo off net use * /d /y net use *: "\server name\shared folder" /"user:username" "password" /p:yes exist Saved it as a .bat file.

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