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This is ... very ... bizzare.
Every time I freshly install Windows 10, the install works. The machine can see its local disk(s) when I open Windows Explorer.
After joining Active Directory, The machine cannot see any disks. The only section displayed in Windows Explorer is the "Folders" section that has Downloads, Documents, Pictures, etc.
I can navigate to c: or d: or whatever, but they are not displayed in either the left hand navigation pane, nor in the main display pane.
The same goes for mapped network drives. I can manually browse to my networked "H:", and when I run net use in powershell, I see all my networked paths and drive letters, but they do not display in Windows Explorer.
I've tried various different registry settings, disabling hidden empty drives, etc. There has to be something going on with a GPO, but I can't find it. Nothing, short of recovering the entire OS, will get Windows Explorer to display the local or mapped network drives, and then, only until I join it to Active Directory.
Has anyone got any ideas?
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Check Event Viewer and see if there is any failure or error related to this issue?
What is the version of Windows Server where it is running the Active Directory?
The AD Server is Windows Server 2019 Build 1809.
I see some errors regarding device registration.
There's an error with DeviceSetupManager: "Metadata staging failed, result=0x80004005 for container '{88D98946-0B70-11EB-8799-CCD9AC456F9F}'"
There's also UserDeviceRegistration errors:
Automatic registration failed at join phase.
Exit code: Unknown HResult Error code: 0x801c001d
There's a lot more information in details, but pasting that exceeds the message character limit on this site.
I have no idea what any of this means, but those are the only errors I can see that might relate to this issue.
Note that the devices mount fine, and can be accessed. The Domain Join works fine. The system interacts with the AD controller. The only problem is that the drives don't show up in Windows Explorer.
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Hi,
Welcome to share your current situation if there are any updates.
Please feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.
Best Regards,
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Are you getting any error?
How to troubleshoot errors that occur when you join Windows-based computers to a domain
Thanks, but none of this relates to my problem, and I don't have any problems with joining the domain.
Hi,
Firstly ,I would suggest you check the gpo settings for the computers and users by the gpresult：
Run CMD as administrator you will get all the policies for the computer :gpresult /h report1.html
Run the cmd as the logon user ,you will get all the policies for the user:gpresult /h report2.html
If possible , you can share a screenshot here(Please hide the private information here)。
Best Regards,
As I mentioned in my original post, I've done this already. I couldn't find anything in particular that isn't working. The drive mount GPO works and doesn't issue errors. The system interacts properly with the AD controller. There are only a few GPOs active in this domain because I've disabled everything to simplify troubleshooting. Everything is working except for Windows Explorer.
Just for double confirm, would you please share a screenshot for the gpresult?
Run CMD as administrator you will get all the policies for the computer :gpresult /h report1.html
Run the cmd as the logon user ,you will get all the policies for the user:gpresult /h report2.html
You can hide the private information.
Also, did you check the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE – Software – Microsoft – Windows – CurrentVersion – Policies – Explorer
if there a value fo NoDrives?
Best Regards,