Windows 7 - Mapped Drive Not Connecting at Startup

Here is another alternative if you just want to get rid of the warning. Mapped drives will not connect until you click on them for the first time but the annoying warning won't pop up at start up . Again it requires a registry edit and needs to be done with caution.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\

Set or create a DWORD

RestoreConnection = 0

Do a restart after making the changes.

Just a follow up. My Vista PC has started to display the same problem again even with the registry edit in my previous post. (mapped drives fail to connect and I get the warning message) I will do some investigation and post back with my findings. Windows 7 PC is still functioning as expected.

Hi,

I also have this issue as described by Alakar.

Kit list:
2 x Win 7 Pcs Prem home edition
1 x LG RD1 NAS drive (operating in Raid 1 mode)
1 x Trend Gig switch connecting all devices on the the same LAN.
RJ45 cables between all, and all devices running at 1GB FDuplex

Software config
Windows 7 is setup to map to my NAS with logon info saved.
NAS is configured for user to allow reconnects and access to directory
Windows 7 firewall is on currently (see below)

Symptom
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Basically Boot PC and icon pops up with message 'Not all network drives could be re-connected' All applications can't see data on drive until you click on drive mapping in Explorer and then all is fine.

I need this not to occur as our photos are all on the NAS to allow my wife and I to share access and I don't want to have to tell her to click on the drive each time she needs to use any data. Frankly she should not have to do this, it should just work.

Tried so far
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Started by turning off Firewall. This seemed to fix it. Therefore I figured maybe the network service was being blocked. Turned on Netlogon service. Seemed to work for a bit but problem is back. Think it is not related at all.

Rebooted NAS, no change to status. NAS I should say is on 100% of the time, standby and hibernation are currently OFF.

What works please?
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I noticed the link to the MS support page, with a reg edit. Does this work? Seems a bit drastic given such a basic networking function.

I’ve seen others talk about batch files, again this is not the 1990s people, that seems crazy!

Thoughts
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I am wondering if this is a Windows 7 Home Prem issue that somehow the cut down version is not supporting this feature fully. Or its just broken!

Ideas, comments, all welcome.
Thanks
Andy

How can I set up my laptop so it connects automatically on startup to my home network? On startup, in the lower right hand corner,I have to click the internet connection, find my home network, click on it and I am connected. With previous laptops running XP, I connected to the internet on startup automatically.

When you click the internet connection and select your home network, check to see that the "connect automatically" box is ticked with a check mark.