
Initially I am not sure why the drive mapping is not happening at every login. Problem#1: Drive mapping not happening at every login After taking a break, I followed the divide and conquer method. The very big mistake I did to resolve above is, trying to resolve both the problems at same attempt and really mixed up the things and made myself confused.

What I did to make my life tough is, I deleted the mapped drives after login and did a “gpupdate /force” no drives were mapped L. If you start playing with it to satisfy different kind of situations, then you are caught. So, I decided to write this post to help my blog visitors by providing as much as information I have gathered/learnt in Drive mapping related things.Īs said before, things are really smooth when you configure drive mapping preference for the first time.

It’s easy as you see, but very difficult when you want to troubleshooting. Now when the users’ logon the drives will be effortlessly mapped.I had spent real huge amount of time in dealing with drive mapping in Group Policy preferences in last week. Once the Group Policy settings have taken effect on the desired users/computers, the mapped drives should automatically appear under Network Location(s) in File Explorer. Hide/Show all drives: Select whether, by default, all the shared drives/folders are hidden or visible.Ĭlick Apply > OK when done with setting the parameters.įor the settings to take effect, open a Command Prompt on the computer receiving the drive mapping, and type the command below and hit Enter. Hide/Show this drive: Select whether you want to hide the folder or make it visible on the network.
Gpo mapped drives windows#
SharedDrive.ĭrive Letter: Select a suitable letter for the drive.Ĭonnect as: Enter a username and password if you want users to connect with certain credentials other than their own Windows login credentials. Label as: Pick a suitable name for the shared drive, e.g. Reconnect: Enable this to auto-connect the drive.
Gpo mapped drives full#
Location: Specify the full file path, e.g. Under the General tab, configure the following parameters accordingly: Right-click and select New > Mapped Drive.

Gpo mapped drives how to#
In this post, we will show you how to map a Drive using Group Policy Preferences on Windows 11/10. Mapping network drives using Group Policy preferences is flexible, provides easy control over who receives the drive mappings, and has easy-to-use user interfaces, all of which are in stark contrast with the complexities associated with scripts.
