=====Network Drives=====

====Not Reconnecting at Startup====
There is an issue with network drives that are set to be mapped on startup, where windows attempts to map them before the network has been initialised properly.

A partial fix for this is to give the computer a static IP address, this works most of the time because it causes the network to be ready faster, but not always and may not be an option.

A better option is to make a scheduled task that runs when the network is available, as described in [[#Setup]].

====Admin Access to User Shares====
Another issue is programs that are run as administrator don't have access to shares mapped as a user.

To work around this problem, configure the EnableLinkedConnections registry value. This value enables Windows to share network connections between the filtered access token and the full administrator access token for a member of the Administrators group.

====Setup====
  * Open the network tab in Explorer and connect to the network share to authenticate for the first time, make sure to select ''Remember my credentials''
  * Open Task Scheduler
  * ''Action'' > ''Create Task''
  * ''General'':
    * ''Name'' > ''Reconnect Network Drives''
    * ''Run only when user is logged on''
    * ''Configure for'' > ''Windows 10''
  * ''Triggers'' > ''New'':
    * ''Begin the task'' > ''At startup''
  * ''Conditions'' > ''Network'' > ''Start only if the following network connections are available''
  * ''Actions'' > ''New'':
    * ''Action'' > ''Start a program''
    * ''Program/Script'' > ''cmd.exe''
    * ''Add arguments'':
<code>
/c "net use R: "\\FileServer\Public" & net use S: "\\FileServer\Documents" & net use T: "\\FileServer\Photos" & net use U: "\\FileServer\Music" & net use V: "\\FileServer\Video" & net use W: "\\FileServer\Software" & net use X: "\\FileServer\Dereks Documents" & net use Y: "\\FileServer\Downloads" & net use Z: "\\FileServer\Dereks Backups""
</code>

  * Download and run the following file to allow applications run as administrator to access these shares:
<code reg ShareNetworkShares.reg>
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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