I am running HDM Pro 14 on my Windows 8.1 machine. I have a mapped network drive that I use for backups. There are times (often after my computer comes out of sleep mode or I have used it on a different network for a while) that the mapped network drive is visible and accessible via Windows Explorer but it is not visible or accessible in HDM Pro. Is there a way to make HDM Pro always be able to see and access mapped network drives that are visible and accessible in Windows?
Re: HDM Pro 14 sometimes loses access to mapped network drive This is one of the most frustrating issues in HDM. I have persistent drive mappings to a share on my NAS. For some reason HDM does not list any of the network mapped drives unless you map a drive within HDM. Can someone explain why HDM was designed this way?
Re: HDM Pro 14 sometimes loses access to mapped network drive This is general Windows issue related to UAC that can close network connections for third-party applications including Hard Disk Manager. It is described in Microsoft TechNet database: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee844140(v=ws.10).aspx Please use the following solution to avoid this: 1) Click Start, type regedit in the Start programs and files box, and then press ENTER. 2) Locate and then right-click the registry subkey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. 3) Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. 4) Type EnableLinkedConnections, and then press ENTER. 5) Right-click EnableLinkedConnections, and then click Modify. 6) In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK. 7) Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.
