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VMware Fusion: Windows 10 ‘Lost’ Mapped Drive to the Host

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KB ID 0001394

Problem

My Windows 10 VM decided it was going to do a major update last night, so I let it get on with it. However today I can no longer access the ‘shared’ drive that it had back to the host (my MacBook).

Solution

I’m pretty sure this is the second time this has happened, so after berating myself for not documenting the fix last time, this is the fix. Run Regedit (Windows Key+R > regedit {Enter})

Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > NetworkProvider > Order

Locate the PROVIDERORDER entry;

Move the ‘vmhgfs‘ entry, so that it is the first one in the list > OK > Exit the registry editor.

That’s it, no reboot or anything, your drive should start working again.

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Arcserve – Backup a ‘Mapped Drive / UNC Path”

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KB ID 0001165 

Problem

It’s been such a long time since I touched any backup software, I setup Arcserve UDP this week for a  client to backup their servers to a NAS drive, then they wanted to back that data off to tape for an offsite backup.

I installed Arcserve no problem, it looks much the same as it did last time I used it. When I expanded the server-name only the local drives were shown, as I only had a basic licence adding the NAS drive was not an option.

Solution

A quick call to the boys in the data center who look after all our backups pointed me in the right direction. Instead of adding the mapped drive letter, you simply add the UNC path to the share as a “Preferred Shared/Machines” source.

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Windows – Remove Saved / Cached Network Passwords

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KB ID 0000556

Problem

Windows 7 / 2008 R2 like previous versions of Windows, caches your user names and passwords entered for network shares, drives etc. That’s fine until there’s an incorrect password or username in the cache, and you want to remove it.

With Windows XP you could do this by running “control userpasswords2” and deleting the offending entry. With Windows 7 we have Credential Manager to do this for us.

Solution

1. Launch Credential Manager, either type “Credential” in the search/run box, and select it or,

If you have “Run” on your start menu you can, Start > Run > control keymgr.dll {enter} or,

You can also launch Credential Manager from, Start > cmd {Enter} > And execute a control keymgr.dll command.

2. Once open, you can locate the offending saved username and password and remove it.

3. The next time you attempt to connect to the required resource, you should be prompted to re-enter your credentials.

Alternative Method to Remove Cached / Network Passwords

You can also run the following command then remove the offending entry;

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rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr[/box]

 

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