No access to network folder. Troubleshooting network folder access errors What does it mean that a network resource is unavailable

While working with a computer running Windows, the following problem may occur: when you click on a shortcut to a disk or network resource, the system displays a warning that disk or network resource not available referenced by the Ink shortcut. In most cases, solving this problem is not difficult.

If you open a disk or resource through a shortcut, which, for example, is placed on the desktop, then the error “The disk or network resource referenced by the lnk shortcut is unavailable” occurs as a result of the fact that the address written in the shortcut does not correspond to the actual path.

To make it clearer, let's give a specific example. The user inserted the flash drive into the USB port of the computer and since he often uses this drive, he decided to move its shortcut from “Computer” to the desktop. After that, he inserted a flash drive into the same port many times and everything worked. However, at some point, the usual USB, for example, turned out to be busy, which is why I had to connect the drive to another port, and this time the flash drive did not open through a shortcut on the desktop, but instead an error window popped up.

The reason for the error that a drive or network resource is unavailable to which the lnk shortcut refers is that when the user connected a flash drive to the same port, the system always assigned it a name, for example, “Disk G,” but since it is now inserted into different USB, it was given a different name.

In the case of a network drive, the reason is even simpler - the server is unavailable. Yes, ping can go to it, but there is no connection option. Perhaps the access parameters have been changed or something else.

If an access error occurs, it is more likely related to the hardware configuration, then when all icons, for example, on the desktop, have the lnk extension, the problem is caused by a configuration change in the file association.

It can occur, for example, when the user tried to open a shortcut in some program and, when performing the corresponding action in the default application selection menu, checked the “use this program for all files of this type” checkbox. As a result, the shortcut files became associated with the selected application, which does not know how to launch programs using the shortcut.

To return everything to the way it was, you can use the application Unassociate File Types.

1. Download, install and open the program;
2. In the search bar, enter .lnk;
3. From the filtered list, select .lnk;
4. Click on "Remove File Association".

As a result of these actions, the associations specified for this file type will be deleted. Now the shortcuts will open as expected, and the error “The drive or network resource to which the lnk shortcut refers is unavailable” will not appear.

All shortcuts now have the extension .lnk, how to fix it through the registry

If you don't want to install third party application, you can troubleshoot INK shortcuts through the registry. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Press the key combination “CTRL+R”;
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”;
3. Open the category “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;
4. In the list that appears, find .lnk and in the parameters specify the value “lnkfile” (if there is something else there, then you first need to delete the old value and only then enter and save the new one).

After this, the shortcuts will work as expected again.

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While working with a computer running Windows, the following problem may occur: when you click on a shortcut to a disk or network resource, the system displays a warning that drive or inaccessible referenced by the Ink shortcut. In most cases, solving this problem is not difficult.

If you open a disk or resource through a shortcut, which, for example, is placed on the desktop, then the error “The disk or network resource referred to is unavailable” occurs as a result of the fact that the address written in the shortcut does not correspond to the actual path.

To make it clearer, let's give a specific example. The user inserted the flash drive into the USB port of the computer and since he often uses this drive, he decided to move its shortcut from “Computer” to the desktop. After that, he inserted a flash drive into the same port many times and everything worked. However, at some point, the usual USB, for example, turned out to be busy, which is why I had to connect the drive to another port, and this time the flash drive did not open through a shortcut on the desktop, but instead an error window popped up.

The reason for the error that a drive or network resource is unavailable to which the lnk shortcut refers is that when the user connected a flash drive to the same port, the system always assigned it a name, for example, “Disk G,” but since it is now inserted into different USB, it was given a different name.

Question: The network drive is marked as inaccessible

"...refers to an inaccessible location. This could be a drive on this computer or a network share. Make sure the drive is inserted and connected correctly, or that you are connected to the Internet or local network and try again. If it fails again, you may that the data has been moved to another location"

Although in fact there is a local network connection to this network folder Same.
Just click on the Z: drive in Explorer - the red cross disappears and everything works fine.

It turns out that Win7 somehow incorrectly displays the state of this network drive?
Is there any way to fix this?
So that the operating system correctly displays the state?

Answer:

Quote ES:

Command Script + Task Scheduler

Question: Installing the program on a mapped network drive

We have Windows 8. A network drive is connected. You must install the program to a folder on a network drive. When the installation wizard comes to selecting the installation folder, I click “browse” and see neither the computers in the network environment nor the mapped network drive.

How can I get the network to be displayed when selecting the program installation folder?

Added after 1 hour 53 minutes
Thanks for the answer.

I will try to describe my situation in more detail.
There are 40 machines on the network with different operating systems from WinXP to 8. On one of the machines with Win 8 OS (assigned as a server for some program X) general access to the folder in which program X is installed. This folder on other machines is mapped as a network drive, and program X client sites are installed on this network drive. There are no problems on computers with XP: the X program is being installed, when the wizard comes to choosing the installation location, “browse” and select a network drive.

When I try to install client places on computers with WIN 8 OS, after clicking the “browse” button in Explorer, there is no mapped network drive and no computers in the network environment at all. Although "My Computer" contains a mapped network drive, it allows you to access it, change, save and view its contents.

What could be the problem?

Answer: It looks like something terrible - install a program on a network drive to use from client machines.
If the program is already installed on a network drive, what prevents you from installing the program locally on your computer and then changing the paths?
Or try installing the program on a machine where a network drive is connected, and then display a shortcut from the network drive to the win8 client.

Question: Network drive

Details:
Servers: Windows Server 2008 and 2012
Account: Student with user rights.
for network folders - full access at this account.

We connect the network drive Z: (from a server with Windows Server 2008) - everything is fine.
We connect the network drive X: (from a server with Windows Server 2012) - after a reboot it requires entering credentials to connect.

And this is not on all computers, but only on campuses in classrooms.

In the accounting department, Consultant+ works from a server with Windows Server 2012 - everything is fine.

Could there be a problem with the system?

Tell me who has encountered this.

Added after 21 hours 55 minutes
The question remains open, but the situation was resolved as follows:
bat file into startup with the following content:
net use x: \\pdct\progs /persistent:no /user:Student 11qqaaZZ
x: - drive letter of the connected drive
pdct - server name
progs - name of the folder to be connected, like a network drive
Student - login
11qqaaZZ - password

After loading, it displays a message that it was not possible to connect all network drives, then the system itself boots completely and the startup files are executed. Therefore, it is our file.

It is necessary to increase the waiting time for connecting network drives.

Answer: connect via Explorer (service) -> (connect network drive).
or
via command line (net use x: \\pdct\progs /persistent:no /user:Student 11qqaaZZ)
the result is the same

Server1
name - pdc
working group - netadm

Server2
name - pdct
working group - mkts

Passwords are different
Initially, the Student user has a password of 123.
and if Windows server 2008 allows such a password, then Windows server 2012 swears, requiring a complex password.

Computer:
name - k-301
working group - mkts

If you connect from an admin account using another account for connection (respectively Student 11qqaaZZ) then everything is fine. After reboot the disk connects itself.
and when connecting from a Student account, after a reboot there is drive X in Explorer:
when accessing this disk it asks for login and password,
and in the line the user name is k-301/Student, and not just Student???

The computer logs say that it is impossible to connect a network drive, the login or password is incorrect.

Question: Problem with mapping a network drive for users

Answer: Looks like I've got it halfway figured out.
Apparently, this mapping of a network drive occurs due to the fact that the “DFS Namespace” is located in a folder at the root of the “C” drive.
The next question is how to move this “namespace” to another “native” disk, where the file-sharing folder is located?
I could be wrong and this won't help...

Question: Windows7 disconnect network drive

Answer: check out what I found:

Disconnect network drive network connection does not exist

If you need to disconnect a network drive, but instead of disconnecting it throws the error " Network connection does not exist", then you should simply temporarily “replace” this network drive with a link to a live share, for example, linking it to \\localhost\c$ and reboot the machine, after which it can be easily deleted. Example via the command line:

Net use i: \\localhost\c$ /persistent:yes
reboot (I just killed the explorer.exe process)
net use i: /delete (I then had to manually disable C$, which appeared in place of the former network drive)
found it here

Question: The Map network drive button does not respond

As an administrator, I go to the terminal - Computer - click connect a network drive. - Doesn't respond to presses at all.
What could it be?
p.s. User account control is turned on.. maybe because of it?
And where is the executable for launching the Map Network Drive Wizard? Can it launch it? right click- run as administrator..

I also didn’t find such an item in group policy from the manuals on the Internet.
"Next we will create group policy and go to the section User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Drive Maps"

Answer:

Quote local:

The wizard starts like this:

Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHHelpShortcuts_RunDLL Connect

Will it work?

You can also connect a network drive using the Net use command.

Question: Network drive for another user

Is it possible to do this:
1) go under User"a
2) using the command line (namely NET USE) create a network drive for the Administrator.

And so that when a User tries to log into a network drive, a message something like: Access is denied.

We immediately make a user transition, go under Administrator and see the network drive and calmly log into it.

Is it possible?

Answer: Well, if so, then it won’t work since they are mapped for a specific user
You can use a script, shtask or GPO so that when you log in, the network drive is connected.
my opinion: if the user does not have access, then there is no need to arouse his curiosity and leave him in the dark
out of curiosity, he starts picking, and picks... then you won’t be able to figure it out without a bottle

Question: [solved] Failed to connect to network drives

Answer: Murder7
You have some kind of tricky problem.

You can try in policies (gpedit.msc):
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Login
Enable "Always wait for network initialization at boot and login."

If it doesn’t work, in the script (your Logon.cmd) you can do something like this:

@Echo Off SetLocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion Rem Loop until the server becomes available:Loop Ping -n 1 -l 1 -w 750 Server_name_or_IP_If Not "!ErrorLevel!"=="0" GoTo:Loop Rem Mapping network drives here NET USE Y: \\Name_or_IP_server\Name_shares /PERSISTENT:NO Exit

Although this is a perversion (not a solution to the problem, but a workaround :))

Question: Mapping a network drive to a group of users in a domain

Answer: If each user has their own network drive, then in the user properties in the profile tab you can connect the home folder.
If all users from a group need to map one network drive, then this must be done through GPO. User Configuration, windows configuration, scripts for entering and exiting the system.

Question: Create a network drive on the server

Answer: RMB on my computer "connect a network drive" and select the shared folder, or via cmd

net use W:\\address on the share\

They are a generally accepted norm and their presence will not surprise anyone. Due to the availability of Internet connections, various online services are becoming increasingly popular. Some of the most popular are network folders and remote resources, organized both on your home network and provided by your Internet provider. Most often, everything works as expected, but from time to time there may be errors that prevent full operation, which regular user doesn't know how to decide. One of the most popular errors is the “No access to network folder” errors. Some of them may be designated by a numeric or alphanumeric code, such as 1231 or 0x800704cf. These problems can be caused by various factors. In this article, we invite you to understand all the reasons and also suggest ways to solve them.

No access to network folder

Let's imagine that you have several computers between which you want to configure home network so as not to constantly copy the necessary files. In this case, you need to create a folder on one of the computers and make it publicly accessible so that it can be accessed from any other device with Internet access. It could even be a smartphone or tablet.

One of the most common mistakes when working with remote folders- there is no access to the network folder, which may result in error code 0x800704cf. You see a public network folder in Explorer, but when you try to open it, you get the message “Cannot access the resource.” The exact text of the message may vary depending on the version operating system. What are possible reasons such a problem? There may be several of them:

• An individual user was not granted access rights to a folder located on the network.
• The user does not have permission to access the network resource at the operating system security level.
• The user generally does not have any permissions to access the resource.

Every problem can be solved. Let's take a closer look.

Configuring access to a network folder for each user

All settings must be performed on the computer or resource on which the contents of the folder are stored. To configure user access to a folder, you must:

1. Go to computer management (depending on the version of the operating system, right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop Windows desktop or by clicking the Start button, then select Management or Computer Management) and select Shared folders- Shared resources.
2. Find a folder in the list of resources that you cannot access and look at its location on your hard drive.
3. Open Explorer and find the desired folder ( Windows users 10 can perform further actions without going to Explorer by simply right-clicking directly on the Computer Management utility menu).
4. Right-click on it, select Properties - Access - Advanced settings - Permissions (or Properties - Permissions for the shared resource).
5. You will see at least two items - Administrators and Everyone. Hover the cursor over the All item and make sure that all items in the Allow column are checked (full access, change, read). If there is a checkmark in the Deny column opposite some item, you should remove it from here and put it in the Allow column.
6. Confirm the changes by clicking Apply - OK, and then try again to use the network resource.

Right-click on “Computer” and select “Manage” from the context menu

Configuring access to a resource at the system security level

Sometimes it happens that the operating system security level prohibits third-party users from accessing a network resource. To fix the problem:

1. In the Properties menu, open the Security tab and click on the Edit button and then Add.
2. In the “Enter the names of the objects to select” line, type with capital letters That's it and click OK.
3. Once you are taken back to the list of groups and users, hover over the newly created Everyone group and check the actions you want to allow. The checked items by default are quite sufficient for reading data from a remote network resource.
4. Click Apply - OK - OK and try to access the network folder again.

Error 1231 occurs when trying to connect to the Internet

Error 1231 occurs when your Windows computer cannot access resources located on remote server. Most often it occurs when an Internet provider provides access to an international network using VPN technology. In addition, it may occur when trying to access a local service provider resource network access. If you had access and suddenly lost it, this problem may occur for one of the following reasons:

• problems from the provider;
• loss of connection between the subscriber and the server;
• breaking network card computer;
• network card driver failure;
• The operating system security system blocks the VPN connection;
• incorrectly established or disabled local network connection;
• actions of virus programs.

First of all, you should check whether error 1231 is caused by your Internet provider. To do this, you need to launch the command line (Win + R - cmd, or right-click on the Start button - Command line) and enter the following command:

net view \\domain:domain name,

Where domain name means the server address that the provider provided you with to connect to World Wide Web. If " System error 53. Network path not found”, then the problem is on the part of the service provider. In this case, you should contact technical support.

If you don’t get this error, you’ll have to look for the reason in your Windows computer or laptop. What can I do to fix error 1231?

Conclusion

We hope that we have helped you with solving the problem of accessing network resources with codes 1231 and 0x800704cf. We are confident that if you follow our instructions exactly, you will be able to solve everything on your own. Please indicate in the comments whether you were able to resolve the issue without the help of specialists.