Windows 10: Mapped drives slow loading of folders and files

Discus and support Mapped drives slow loading of folders and files in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Since moving to Windows 11, we're having issues with mapped drives and the time it takes to open files and folders. We never had the problem with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Anson2077, Dec 27, 2023.

  1. ANSON2077
    Anson2077 Win User

    Mapped drives slow loading of folders and files


    Since moving to Windows 11, we're having issues with mapped drives and the time it takes to open files and folders. We never had the problem with Windows 10. Our settings have remained the same it's the OS that is different. Has anyone else had this issue?Any help would be much appreciated.

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    Anson2077, Dec 27, 2023
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  2. FATPAT
    fatpat Win User

    Mapped Drives Issues

    To clarify .... the issue is the Windows 10 OS. It is with Windows File Explorer. The Mapped drives used to appear in File Explorer's left panel list of drives and folders. Two days ago File explorer stopped show the mapped drives. so not they don;t appear in the list of Drives and folders.

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    I did, it has no effect. I also check the NAS devices they support SMB 2.0. Also I have several other computers on my home network they work fine with the mapped drives and They do not have SMB 1 turned on. So it is something that happened to the computer in question.
     
    fatpat, Dec 27, 2023
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  3. MANJUPRASAD SULLIA
    Manjuprasad Sullia Win User
    Mapped network drive is too slow - ANF Network share.

    We have an archive folder in a network share which is mapped to our sap system consisting of files close to 900000 and the response time of the network drive is too slow while accessing the particular folder. it takes more than 30mins to load.

    Could you please suggest what actions could be taken to improve the performance apart from deleting files from the folder?

    Is creating subdirectories and distributing files among them will help.?

    Thank you,

    Manjuprasad
     
    Manjuprasad Sullia, Dec 27, 2023
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  4. TMCKINSEY
    Tmckinsey Win User

    Mapped drives slow loading of folders and files

    Problems with mapped drive

    Well I got one step closer to getting the mapped drive working.

    Instead of using Windows 10 File Explorer to map the Network Drive, I do it manually from a Command Prompt run as Administrator:

    net use G: \\XP07\XP_Dev

    After executing this command I can copy files to and from the mapped drive to the system disk. And while this is a huge step forward there are still other problems with the mapped drive.

    Opening a jpg file in Paint by clicking it from File Explorer loads the picture just fine, but I can't save it. When Paint tries to save the file it can't find the mapped drive, it doesn't even show up when browsing for a place to save it.

    There are a few links on the web discussing this very issues of not being able to browse a mapped drive from within a program. There is supposed to be a registry fix for this by adding EnableLinkedConnections and settings it's value to 1 but it didn't work.

    So the next step after getting File Explorer working is to somehow get programs to see the mapped drive.
     
    Tmckinsey, Dec 27, 2023
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