Windows 10: Error 0x8007003A, The specified server cannot perform the requested operation

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When copying a file from a mounted network drive, we encountered an error message specifying that the operation could not be performed. The error can be due to a network issue or the file permissions. In this post, we will see what you can do to resolve Error 0x8007003A, The specified server cannot perform the […]

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The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.

We have a couple of work stations that cannot map to a local file storage server. Most other computers have no problems.

Getting the error:

"The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred:

The specified server cannot perform the requested operation."

These same computers that cannot map to this drive have not problems reaching network printers, etc. Just seems to be this one server.

We've tried everything we know to do. How do we fix this?

 

Error 0x8007003A when copying files from a network HDD to my desktop

The error code 0x8007003A usually occurs when copying files from a network HDD to a desktop in Windows 11.

The error message indicates that the specified server cannot perform the requested operation.



One possible reason is that the server can’t operate large files.

Maybe the file system (FS) doesn’t support large files.

Try copying a smaller than 2048 MB file and then a bigger one.

If twice work try more than 4GB file. (very rare file).

Else try to change your server HDD file system.

Try NTFS+ for windows or ext4 for linux.





I hope this helps!



*Information and formulas without guarantee.

 

Error 0x8007003A when copying files from a printer network folder to my desktop

When I try to copy files from a shared network folder hosted on a printer on my desktop, I get the error "0x8007003A The specified server can't perform the requested operation".

The issue is not constant, it present itself at random intervals and goes away without me changing anything at all. The problem present itself on different machines.

Files are very small in size (around 10 mb), and no information on this issue can be found on the internet.

I've been smashing my head on it for a few days alredy, trying different configurations for "internet options" and "security options".

OS: Windows 11

As anyone any idea what could be the cause of the issue?