Windows 10: The solution to "Mapped Drives not showing in File Explorer"

Microsoft closed at least one discussion concerning the above error message in quotes from one user.I had the same problem and not one of the suggestions Microsoft presented worked.What I did that created this problem was run the cmd shell as administrator.What I did to correct it was, in this order:1 Delete the share with "net use Z: /delete"2 Open another CMD shell without Admin privileges3 Run the net use command with the options I wanted and the drive was visible in File Explorer.I reproduced the error and the correction on another Windows computer and the exact same thing happened.Ha

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Mapped Drives not showing in File Explorer

Hi Michael Lynch (mlynch),

Thank you for reaching Microsoft Community. I understand that you are experiencing an issue with mapped drives not showing in File Explorer on your new Surface Pro 9.



Based on the information you have provided; it seems that you have already tried some troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue. However, there are still some other steps that you can try to fix the problem.



Here are some additional steps that you can follow:

1. Check if the mapped drives are visible in Disk Management. To do this, right-click on the Start button and select Disk Management. If the mapped drives are visible, right-click on them and select Change Drive Letter and Paths. Then, assign a drive letter to the mapped drives.



2. Check if the mapped drives are visible in the Command Prompt. To do this, open the Command Prompt as an administrator and type "net use" without the quotes. This will show you a list of all the mapped drives on your device. If the mapped drives are not visible, try remapping them using the "net use" command.



3. Check if the mapped drives are visible in the Group Policy Editor. To do this, open the Group Policy Editor by typing "gpedit.msc" without the quotes in the Search box. Then, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer. Make sure that the "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" policy is not enabled.



4. Check if the mapped drives are visible in the Registry Editor. To do this, open the Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the quotes in the Search box. Then, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. Make sure that the "NoDrives" value is not set.



If in case issues persists, please reach out to our live support for business devices for further assistance. You may reach them by creating a support request through this page: Support for business (microsoft.com) or through the numbers listed here: Global Customer Service phone numbers - Microsoft Support

Kind regards,
Marrion

 

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.

 

Mapped drives not showing up on Explorer

Wanted to mention that I'm experiencing this same issue. Environment here is a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain with network shares and printers mapped by GPO. GPO drive mappings are not on a per-user basis and instead are global for all users.

Affected user can not access mapped drives via explorer, yet NET USE shows drives mapped as expected. Attempting to remap network drives via explorer results in a prompt stating that the connection is already mapped to that drive letter, do I want to disconnect and reconnect it?

Oddly, using applications that provide an 'open document' dialogue can see and access mapped network drives normally. For example, open Word, file -> open -> browse: Left pane shows network shares, clicking on network share shows share contents. Clicking on 'This PC' shows all mapped drives which are navigable and documents can be opened normally. Doing this does not correct the issue with Explorer. Similarly, a command prompt also operates as expected, so it's possible to change to a mapped network drive by the associated letter and to list / copy / delete files normally.

Issue appears to be limited to a single user profile on the workstation displaying the described symptoms. Logging in as another user results in the drives being mapped and accessible as usual. Symptoms persist through reboot. User account with symptoms does not have admin access locally or on the domain.