You can set up shared folders, which can be accessed with different credentials, with Map Network Drive.

What is a mapped network drive?

A mapped network drive points to a shared folder on a user’s local network. Those are drives you can assign letters to that include shared network resources. You can share a folder between two PCs on a mapped network drive with File Explorer’s Map Network Drive wizard.

Why can’t I access a shared folder with different credentials?

The default Map Network Drive wizard settings configure Windows to connect with shared folders using the PC’s local user account and password. You can’t access a shared folder with different credentials unless you select the Map Network Drive’s Connect using different settings option. Even with that setting enabled; however, Windows saves entered credentials for users who select the Remember my credentials option. SPONSORED Credential Manager saves the shared folder’s login credentials in a vault. Users need to erase saved credentials to access shared folders with different credentials.

How can I access a shared folder with different credentials?

1. Use the Map Network Drive option

2. Remove saved credentials for the shared folder

3. Clear temporarily cached credentials

Why can’t I set up a shared folder with Map Network Drive?

If you can’t select a folder to share with Map Network Drive, network discovery is probably disabled. So first, make sure network discovery is enabled in Windows 10. You can enable that feature as follows. So, just make sure you select the Connect using different credentials option when mapping a drive if you need to access a shared drive with different user credentials. Then you can access the shared folder with different credentials so long as you don’t select the Remember my credentials option. Users can access a shared folder with different credentials without restarting by clearing temporarily cached user credentials via the Command Prompt.

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