Can't copy from network drive to system folder in Win10

[mikeprice]

Hi all

 

I am just sorting out a test system with Win10 - and to my amazement all is going well so far

 

However, I have a problem with some very old stuff. This stuff is so old that the installation etc is either missing or just doesn't work. This hasn't mattered in the past because I found that just copying the relelvant folder to program file (x86) works fine and the things run just fine - on Windows 7.

 

However to keep things central and controlled I keep all the files, folders, setup files, MSIs etc on a network drive based on the file server (as is normal)

 

On Win10 when I try to copy the files off the network drive and onto the Program Files(x86) folder it asks if I want to run it as admin - I answer Yes then it says the network drive is not connected

 

Research shows that this is due to a change in teh way tokens work (or something) and the admin side of the system cannot see network shares that the use side can and vise-versa.

I can get round it by copying the files to a temp area on the C: then copy where I want them but this is a pain

 

Has anyone found a way round this

 

(I am logged on as local admin BTW

 

TIA

 

Mike

[Steve21]

Normally that requires a NET USE command as admin in command prompt, so it maps said network drive as the admin before the command is run

 

Steve

[Arthur]

Has anyone found a way round this

Yes. The other way of fixing this is to add the following registry value. After rebooting, the admin will see the mapped network drive.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLinkedConnections"=dword:00000001

[newpersn]

Yes. The other way of fixing this is to add the following registry value. After rebooting, the admin will see the mapped network drive.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLinkedConnections"=dword:00000001

 

Think i will have to add that to my computers aswell. Pain in butt as i got to copy some files to the programs folders

 

Thank you.