Windows 10: Windows remembers credentials for mapping network drives even when "Remember Credentials"...

There must be hundreds of posts complaining about Windows asking for credentials for various reasons: despite the fact that password protected sharing is turned off, for example.I am having the opposite problem. Windows is saving credentials for my network shares and connecting to shared drives automatically across reboots despite my not having checked "Remember My Credentials".The behavior I would like is to be presented with icons for the network drives across reboots, ie: with "X" on them, but require entering passwords to attach them. This is because having to remap the drives across rebo

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Mapped Drive not remembering server credentials

Hi Jesse,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



You may refer the article Map a network drive to know about the steps
involved while mapping the drive.



You may also refer the article Network
access: Do not allow storage of passwords and credentials for network authentication for more information.





The issue is better suited to be posted on IT
Pro TechNet forums, who are equipped with the better suggestions to fix the issue.





Hope it helps.



Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Saving credentials in network mapped drive

Hi Richard,

Credential Manager allows you to save and manage web and Windows credentials for circumstances like network drive mapping. If you have trouble logging in credentials every time you save/open/copy/edit files, kindly try these following methods:

Methods 1: Managing Credentials

• On the search box, search and open Credential Manager.
• Click Windows Credentials and select Add a Windows Credential.
• Fill in the required information and click OK.

Method 2: Allowing reconnection at log on.

• Open the File Explorer and select This PC.
• Click Computer beside File tab on the upper-right corner and click Map network drive.
• Browse to the drive that you want to remember your credentials and check
  Reconnect at sign-in.
• Click Finish.
  
  Note: If reconnect at sign-in does not work, try re-mapping the drive.

Also, if your PCs are not up-to-date, we recommend updating them because these issues may happen because of some bugs on Windows, and an updated PC may address this kind of issues.

Let us know how things go.

Regards.

 

I want windows not to remember credential of specific mapped network share

Hi

I want to remove "Remember my credentials" checkbox just for certain server (Lets say servery) when connecting.

I want windows to always ask user name and password when connecting specific server shared folder(\\servery\folder1). Rest of the servers credential password must stay.

When i map a network drive. I want windows to ask password every time when i click mapped network drive. Assume that i coneected server \\servery\folder1 and assigned drive name Z

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks