Windows 10: Unable to Map a network drive - a device attached to the system is not functioning

Hi


I am trying to map a network drive in Windows 10 but I keep getting the error 'a device attached to the system is not functioning'.


Any hints what may cause this issue?


Regards

Anton

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Unable to disconnect from mapped network drive

I receive the following error when I try to disconnect from a self mapped network drive: "network connection does not exist"

The network drive icon appears with a bid red x and says it is disconnected, yet I can double click on it to enter the mapped folder. Doing this does not reconnect the folder, and remains disconnected. This causes problems because programs that pointed
to this path are unable to read the files. I am unable to remap this drive because the associated drive letter (E and mapping no longer shows up in the list.

I've tried all the typical suggestions including:

--I tried to do it via the command prompt with the net use delete command, but it can't be found in there.

--Tried to above with the actual network path instead of the drive letter, did not work

--Tried to delete the registry entries from:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2

HKEY_USERS\. Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Mountpoint2\

None of these solutions worked. Though deleting the registry entries momentarily hid the disconnected drive, the drive letter was still not available for mapping. I tried to force the drive letter (E to map to my optical drive, which worryingly, pointed
back to the mapped network location on the NAS instead of to the optical drive.

How do I get rid of this? Reformatting the computer is not an option.

 

Cannot Map a Network Drive

Good morning UGO

I am very sorry but your latest suggestion did not work and I have gone through both suggestions to make sure I did it correctly.

Today I decided to attach my old LG NAS drive to check if it was the WD giving problem and both drives don't show under File Explorer - Network. I can still map a drive letter by typing in the path \\WD-NAS\Public but with the LG-NAS I get an error:

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

Your system requires SMB2 or higher. For more info on resolving this issue, see: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=852747.

This drive was working last year as I use it to take a 6 monthly full backup of our music and store off site. Both drives can be accessed through their login page at the respective IP address but only the LG-NAS (the backup device) is showing up on the client
list on the TP-Link VR600 V2 modem router. Additionally our Sonos system can play music from the WD and the TV shows the LG Media Server so both drives are attached to the network, neither is accessible through File Explorer and the WD can play media

I appreciate your time trying to help me as I am now totally reliant on your help.

Thanks

Malcolm

 

Error: Unable to execute file in the temporary directory. Setup Aborted Error 31: The device attached to the system is not functioning

I tried all steps given by helpfull comments none of them worked and i told you i dont have the access is denied error i have this one : Error: Unable to execute file in the temporary directory. Setup Aborted Error 31: The device attached to the system
is not functioning