"The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password", when trying to connect to a drive remotely.

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Original Title: The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password.__To connect using a different user name and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share.

I am trying to connect to a drive remotely. I have clicked to map to the drive, entered the name of the drive, entered the login name/password for the computer it resides on and then it give me this error message:The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password. To connect using a different user name and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share.

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In Windows 7 Enterprise, I would like to point out that if you map \\server1\share1 as drive letter X using "user1" and "password1", then try to map \\server1\share2 (a different share) as drive letter Y using the same "user1" and "password1", and you click the "connect using different credentials" checkbox in the Map Network Drive dialog box and specify "user1" and "password1", you will get this INCORRECT ERROR MESSAGE that says "The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password".

The message is wrong because:

The network folder specified (share2 in my example) is not mapped at all, and
the server ("server1" in my example) is already mapped (to a different drive letter and different share) using the SAME userid and password.

The error message is wrong on two counts!

This baffled me for a while until I realized that once you have mapped to "server1" using those credentials, you can map to different shares on the same server without re-specifying the credentials. This is NOT CLEAR from the "Map Network Drives" dialog box, which leads to users (like me, and I'm a programmer by trade) trying to enter the credentials again and getting this incorrect error message.

David Walker

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Anonymous

2014-01-24T10:01:12+00:00

I had nothing listed under NET USE drive listing.

Resolved the issue by removing the listings under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Map Network Drive MRU
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2014-01-16T19:53:32+00:00

I found that when using an elevated command window, the net use does not show all mapped drives. If you open a regular command window, you will see the connections and will be able to use the /delete option. Then you will be able to map the drive from Windows Explorer using a different user account.
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2013-07-15T19:47:32+00:00

Actually, I am getting this error message when trying to map a drive for a \\server\share that does not display when I run net use. I tried using net use \delete \\server\share anyway and received the mssage "The network connection could not be found." In spite of this, I continue to receive the error message "The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password. To connect using a different user name and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share." This had happened many times when I was using the VISTA OS. I was hoping that my new Windows 7 box would not have this problem, but alas, it has the same problem. Does anyone have a solution for this? Thanks!
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2010-11-09T11:22:55+00:00

Hi aggiegeo,

·        Were you able to connect to the drive earlier?

·        Do you remember making any changes prior to the issue?

·        Is this a partition on a different computer?

You may have to try connecting to the drive using a different IP (Internet Protocol) address.

You may refer to the following article and check if it helps.

Error message when you use user credentials to connect to a network share from a Windows-based computer: "The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password"

Regards,

Syed N – Microsoft Support

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