Windows 11 unable to map network drive access is denied

Trebo58 · Jan 4, 2025

Hello, and A happy New Year to you all.

Okay, down to my problem... Some of you may know me from the Windows 10 forum, where I asked questions on setting up a NAS D-Link 320l; it has been running flawlessly since then, even upgrading OS to Win 11, no problem. The problem occurred when one of the 5TB HDDs started failing in the NAS, so I replaced it as it was set up as JBOD. I was not sure what files were on what drive and as I changed drives, have to wipe and reformat.

Now I see that NAS in the browser, no problem and it's all set up now as RAID 1. When I try to access the drive through Windows Explorer (Network), I get "Access is denied". When I try to Map Network Drive, I get again "Access is denied"

When I run the D Link setup wizard, it does not locate the device, which I assume is down to Windows.

As I said, this was all running for months without any issues, I am not sure why replacing an HDD in the NAS would cause all these problems.

I do hope someone can help; I have tried lots of online YouTube methods but no luck.

Berton · Jan 4, 2025

I have a Buffalo NAS running as RAID 1. Right-click of This PC gives the choice to Map the drive but what it really means is to Map a folder on the drive. After entering data on this panel

it then asks for the network credentials

FreeBooter · Jan 4, 2025

Try admin Command Prompts to execute net use s: \\IP\movies command, replace the IP and movies folders with NAS share IP address and share folder.

Type Net view all to view list of share resources on your network.

Trebo58 · Jan 4, 2025

Thanks, Berton for the prompt reply.. here are the results. As you can see the NAS drive is found, but Access is denied

dacrone · Jan 4, 2025

Trebo58 said:
Thanks, Berton for the prompt reply.. here are the results. As you can see the NAS drive is found, but Access is denied

1) you are selecting a sub directory and not trying to map the nas root, correct?

2) have you tried via IP and not name (\\ip.ip.ip.ip\subfolder)?

Trebo58 · Jan 4, 2025

Thanks, Freebooter, for your prompt reply. Here are the results.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4602]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>Net view all
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.
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Followed online instructions and tried again, here is what I get

C:\Windows\System32>Net view allNet view all
The syntax of this command is:

NET VIEW
[\\computername [/CACHE] | [/ALL] | /DOMAIN[:domainname]]
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Have tried several online processes to resolve this one still getting same error message

C:\Windows\System32>net use s: \\192.168.7.XXX\DLINK-E89AA1
System error 67 has occurred.

The network name cannot be found.

FreeBooter · Jan 4, 2025

net use s: \\192.168.7.XXX\SharedFolderName

Trebo58 · Jan 4, 2025

Thanks, dacrone for joining in to help... But I am not sure about step 2

2) have you tried via IP and not name (\\ip.ip.ip.ip\subfolder)?

dacrone · Jan 4, 2025

do you know the IP address to your NAS?

if not, are you familiar with command line? if not, you can use a free GUI tool to find all IP addresses on your LAN:

Advanced IP Scanner - Download Free Network Scanner

Advanced IP Scanner shows all network devices, gives you access to shared folders, and can even remotely switch computers off. Download it Free.

www.advanced-ip-scanner.com

it will run portable, no installation necessary

FreeBooter · Jan 4, 2025

With NAS you configured shared folders correct?

Have you tried connecting to those share folders?

bikemanI7 · Jan 4, 2025

I know between my 1st and 3rd PC, it keeps saying Network path Not found, even though i turned off Password Protection file sharing on Both systems

Reset Network

Removed Acronis on all 3 systems, back to Macrium Home

Restarted XB8 Comcast Gateway twice this week

No Go lol here lol

((Windows 11 Main Desktop)) was even clean installed when added the new boot M.2 as Christmas lol))

But did get Remote Desktop working as long as the 3rd system stays on Wifi

Trebo58 · Jan 4, 2025

dacrone said:
do you know the IP address to your NAS?

if not, are you familiar with command line? if not, you can use a free GUI tool to find all IP addresses on your LAN:

Advanced IP Scanner - Download Free Network Scanner

Advanced IP Scanner shows all network devices, gives you access to shared folders, and can even remotely switch computers off. Download it Free.

www.advanced-ip-scanner.com

it will run portable, no installation necessary

Thanks. I ran the software, and it did not locate the NAS IP address.

dacrone · Jan 4, 2025

is it on the same lan?

*did you make sure the subnet that it is scanning is correct (the ip range at the top - is it on the same 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x or whatever your nas' subnet is)

Trebo58 · Jan 4, 2025

dacrone said:
is it on the same lan?

*did you make sure the subnet that it is scanning is correct (the ip range at the top - is it on the same 192.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x or whatever your nas' subnet is)

I ran the scan again, and it found the D-Link; I opened it up, and Volume_1 was present. When I double-clicked, all the new folders were present; also, the D-Link has a USB attached, and when opened, shows its contents...
Double-clicked Volume _1 opened up the Windows Explorer window Network 192.168.7.xxx, displaying both Volume-1 and USBDisk_1. Right click map drive, and it worked; I now have my two mapped drives present in This PC.

Now, I am not sure what happened, but that free software seems to have fixed the problem. again thanks

dacrone · Jan 4, 2025

Trebo58 said:
I ran the scan again, and it found the D-Link; I opened it up, and Volume_1 was present. When I double-clicked, all the new folders were present; also, the D-Link has a USB attached, and when opened, shows its contents...
Double-clicked Volume _1 opened up the Windows Explorer window Network 192.168.7.xxx displaying both Volume-1 and USBDisk_1. Right click map drive, and it worked; I now have my two mapped drives present in This PC.

Now, sure what happened, but that free software seems to have been fixed. again thanks

the dns name wasn't resolving for some reason. windows establishing a connection via IP resolved the name, thus your mapped drives are working via name now. glad it worked.

Trebo58 · Jan 5, 2025

dacrone, all your work, I fear, has been in vain, as all was working last night, and I am back to square one... I have up to now used the same process four times to set up my NAS, and once it's all set up bang it's gone again... I am beginning to think someone is changing everything when I set it up... In my naivety, I posted the majority of my NAS ISP. I have tried to edit it this morning but there is no longer an edit button after the post... How do I get mods to remove the thread

dacrone · Jan 5, 2025

Trebo58 said:
dacrone, all your work, I fear, has been in vain, as all was working last night, and I am back to square one... I have up to now used the same process four times to set up my NAS, and once it's all set up bang it's gone again... I am beginning to think someone is changing everything when I set it up... In my naivety, I posted the majority of my NAS ISP. I have tried to edit it this morning but there is no longer an edit button after the post... How do I get mods to remove the thread

what you posted is fine. thats an internal IP anyways. instead of mapping via NAME\FOLDER, map the drive IP\FOLDER and it will stay mapped. its he dns name having issues resolving.

when you want to tag someone, put @ before their name (like this @Trebo58 )

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