Mapped network drive TC not visible in vista explorer

[Sanderd]

Hi, Whenever I map a network drive in TC 7.04a it is visible in TC but when I switch to Vista explorer (32bit ultimate) none of the mapped drives show. Also apps. like itunes can't see these mapped drives until I map these again in vista explorer. I would think it should not make a difference but I can't seen to find out what the issue is. It also works the other way, drives mapped in vista explorer are not visible in TC.

Anyone ???

Thanks !

[ghisler(Author)]

You probably started TC via right click menu "As Administrator". On Vista, mapped drives are user-specific, so a drive mapped for the Administrator will not be seen by another user.

[Sanderd]

Thanks !, that did the trick. "Run as Administrator" was set in the TC executable properties and stayed that way even after running TC updates over time. Many thanks !

[SuprA]

Is there a way to work with mapped network drive and, at the same time, be able to access system files in TC9.0a x64 on Win10 x64?

[Dalai]

2SuprA
Yes. This works out of the box. Why are you asking? Do you copy system files from or to network drives/shares?

Regards
Dalai

[SuprA]

2SuprA
Yes. This works out of the box. Why are you asking? Do you copy system files from or to network drives/shares?

I'm asking because I prefer to use TC in "Run as Administrator" mode, so I need to click "Yes" button only once, at the start of the program, instead of clicking it each time when I want to visit folders like "C:\Windows\Temp" or "C:\Users\NotMe".

I've just found a solution from Microsoft: just create a DWORD (32-bit) value named "EnableLinkedConnections" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" and set its value to "1". After restart of the computer, Total Commander and other programs that runs with elevated privileges will see the mapped network drive.

[Dalai]

2SuprA
Be aware that EVERY program you launch from an elevated TC inherits administrative permissions! That includes programs run by doube-clicking on a document, audio file and so on! You basically removed any write protection offered by the OS. If it's just the UAC part that bothers you - to allow TC admin tool to do its job, it's better to make it stay in memory longer:

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AdminTimeout=180
Determines after how many seconds of inactivity tcmadmin.exe (used for copy/delete etc. as admin) is terminated. Special values:
0: no timeout
-1: disable copy as admin completely

Set this to a high value or 0 so you only have to allow it once per TC instance. This was taken from TC help, section 4.b).

Regards
Dalai

[SuprA]

Good suggestion, thank you Dalai. I'll try to use TC with AdminTimeout=0.