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FAQ-1516: Mapped drives not visible from “Open” dialog with elevated programs.

Description

A mapped drive (e.g //devtools/public mapped to a drive letter) is not visible from the “Open” dialogs with elevated programs (e.g. Workflow Configuration). This issue was replicated under Windows 8, 10, 2012 and 2016.

Contents

This issue has been confirmed as "by design" by Microsoft Support. See http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/767400/folderbrowserdialog-does-not-show-network-drives-on-windows-8 for more details.

Solution

  1. Run regedit from the command prompt
  2. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/System
  3. Create a new DWORD entry with the name EnableLinkedConnections and value 1.
  4. Restart your computer
  5. Now you can see and use network drives with these installers or applications.



Ex: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]"EnableLinkedConnections"=dword:00000001




Note: this may open security vulnerabilities to your system since this behavior was introduced for security reasons.