Hi, and thanks for reading this. I am trying to create a stand alone workstation that can mimic a network setup. Sounds weird, but for update reasons, it is necessary. In the normal domain setting, the workstations have specific drives mapped from their server, and I am trying to do the same on a Windows 7 machine in a stand alone format, ie, when plugged into the switch, I am mapping "network drives" from it's own D: drive. That way when running updates, it is the same whether it's a stand alone or a client/server setup. For example, the stand alone Win 7 box, with name FileServer, has a C: and a D: drive. I have folders on the D: drive at d:\apps and d:\updates, I have them shared with permissions granted to the administrators group and security giving full rights to the administrators group. These 2 folders are then mapped to itself (for example: \\FileServer\updates) using drives U: for d:\updates and drive N: for d:\apps. So, when reboot, I see the c: and d: drives as well as the network drives N: and U: The problem is, when I try to do certain things, such as take a backup from a 3rd party app to one of these "network drives", I seem to have permission issues. When run effective permissions on the folder as well, as the share, for the admin group, or the user (which is in the admin group), it shows full rights. I've had problems running executables from the N and U drive, taking backups to the N and U drive, and I cannot figure out why. Sorry this was so long winded, but I hope I've made it clear what I am trying to do. Basically, we want our client environment to behave the same whether it is on a network or a stand alone machine, so the client environment will be the same (as much as possible). Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Hi, As my understanding, you want to map your local share folder as a network drive. If I misunderstand your words, please feel free to let me know. Currently, you have permission issue on your computer. I would like to confirm what the exact error message is. You can set security permissions on files and folders in both Sharing and Security tabs. These permissions grant or deny access to the files and folders. Please add everyone to Group or user names in security tab to test how it works. Meanwhile, please confirm you log on with administrator account. Alex ZhaoPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.