Windows 10: Network drives appearing differently

I have two D-Link NAS drives, essentially identical on a home network. We'll call them, DNS-1, and DNS-2. One appears totally normally and is labelled "network drive" in the "properties" window. The other is labelled "network Folder" and while totally accessible, does not report size, used, and remaining properties. Is there a setting that I missed when mapping the drive? And how can I change the status of the wrongly categorized drive?

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Network drive attached to TPlink 2300 router appears as a media device

I've tried everything you suggest but no joy I'm afraid. Thank you for trying to help but I think I have to give this up although I hate being beaten.

 

The network drive's icon are not appeared.

Hi
Takeichi,

Upon analyzing your query, there are a few
possibilities why this issue occurred.
To isolate the issue, we have some questions for you:

• 
  When did the issue start?
  
• 
  Were there any changes made before the issue occurred?
  
• 
  Have you updated your drivers recently?
  
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  Were there any error messages?
  
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  What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

For the mean time, you may run
SFC three times
and check if there's any changes. To run SFC, Follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type
  sfc /scannow
  and hit
  Enter. 
  

Reminder:
This command might take a while to finish. Please
DO NOT CANCEL.

If the issue persists, kindly refer to
gtguffo's answer
regarding
Unable
to Map Network Drives.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Network drive attached to TPlink 2300 router appears as a media device

@DevonDave,

Thanks for posting your screenshots. What happens if you do this:

• Open Explorer, tick on Network to select it, in Explorer Network address bar type \\C2300-Share\?

The result from above should be that you see a Windows Credentials Prompt appear asking for the logon information for your router, then this share opens to show content of the share and the location name as above shows up under Network in Explorer.

One thing I see that looks odd to me is that there are no folders listed as shared under Sharing Contents in your screenshot even though the check box is ticked there. What I see instead is a drive letter. So if the above suggestion does not work for you try this next:

• In the Explorer Network address bar type \\CS2300-Share\G

Does that now result in a credentials prompt showing up? If it does then enter the credential for your router and the share should open. You can then use the above to Add a Network Location as described earlier on any LAN attached PC.