Not able to access Mapped Network Drives in PTPublisher. Unable to add data from these drives in a data project.

Not able to access Mapped Network Drives in PTPublisher. Unable to add data from these drives in a data project.

Network shares that are mapped by logon scripts are shared with the standard user access token instead of with the full administrator access token.

To rectify the issue Enable Linked Connections in Registry Editor.

To configure the EnableLinkedConnections registry value, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
  2. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
  3. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
  4. Type EnableLinkedConnections, and then press ENTER.
  5. Right-click EnableLinkedConnections, and then click Modify.
  6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
  7. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Article ID: 042320