Windows 10: how do i change an IP address on a mapped network drive?

My small office has a network storage drive that we have mapped to three desktops all running Windows 11. The network drive is older. That said, one of the desktops suddenly has a problem connecting to that drive. When i look into it, it has an IP of 10.1.1.242. However, on the desktops that can still connect to the drive, they show 10.1.10.142. No one knows how the one desktop suddenly has it as .242. How do i edit the IP address for it? I'd just remap the drive to another drive letter and delete this map, but i cannot find the network drive in Network Locations on the PC... i can see it as a

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Cannot add/change drive letter in disk management or map network drive.

Hi,

Thanks for the update on the issue. try these methods and check.

Method 1: I would suggest you to change to the following options for
both the systems (Main PC and Set-top PC) on the network in the
advanced sharing settings (OpenNetwork & Sharing Center
> Change Advanced Sharing settings):



- Turn on Network Discovery

- Turn on file and printer sharing

- Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can read and write files in the public folders

- Turn off password protected sharing



Now, try to map the drive following these steps:

• Press Windows key+E key on the keyboard.
• Click Computer (above) and click on
  Map network drive from the options given under the address bar.
• In the Drive box, click the drive letter you want to use.
• In the Folder box, type
  \\server\share, where you can type the IP address of the drive to be mapped. For example, if the IP address is 192.168.6.xxx, you can type
  \\192.168.6.xxx.
• Click Finish.

Method 2:

Try to ping the IP address from the Run command. Refer to the following steps:

• Press Windows button and
  R key
• Type in the IP address of the drive to be mapped, e.g., if the IP address is 192.168.6.xxx, you can type
  \\192.168.6.xxx.
• Click OK.

Check if you are able to open the network drive.



Method 3:

If the methods do not help, try to rename the
hosts file in the drivers and check if you are able to connect to the network drive.

• Click Windows key and File explorer.
• Go to the location C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
• Rename the file hosts to
  hosts.old and close the window.
• Restart your computer.

Hope this information is helpful. If the issue still persists, please post back for further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

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Thanks & Regards,

 

Trouble Mapping Network Drive

I have a WD NAS drive connected to my router and have mapped it on three of my computers. I just setup another laptop with Windows 10 and have updated it to 1809 and when I tired Mapping a network drive nothing is displayed in the browse window except the
computer I am currently using. The drive is shown under network locations in File Explorer but not when you select map network drive and browse. I right clicked on the drive and selected properties and noted the IP address and went back into Map network drive
but instead of selecting browse I entered the IP address but it still does not map the drive. The strange part is if I go to any of the computers that already has the network drive mapped and select Map network drive and select browse none of those computers
show the drive either but you can select the mapped drive in the drive list in file explorer and it works just fine.

I have read several articles both here and elsewhere and tried the suggestions but nothing works. Network discovery is turned on as is file sharing and also checked if all three boxes under SMB file sharing support in Windows features were also checked and
they are. I have mapped several computers to several different drives over the years and anytime the drive was not listed it was always easy to go into Network Sharing Centre and find the problem but everything seems to be as it should so would appreciate
if someone can suggest something I may have overlooked.

Thank you

 

Deleting Mapped network drive

I have all my music files on a WD MyCloud drive which is connected to my home network. I previously mapped my M:/ drive to the music folder on my MyCloud drive via it's IP address. Then the IP address of the MyCloud drive changed and the drive showed as
disconnected. But the drive's contents are still readable and writable by windows explorer But now I cannot disconnect the drive (This Network Connection Does Not Exist) And the drive no longer appears in the list of mappable drive letters under Map a Network
drive. My question is how do I delete this disconnected network drive so I can re-map it again with the correct URL.

***Original title: Previously mapped network drive now showing as disconnected but is still readable and writable.***