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Sathish Kumar
Sathish Kumar

Reputation: 2536

Change Directory to symlink errors on Windows 10

I created a 'symlink' on Windows 10 to a network share using the following cmmand it worked fine

mklink /D Lab_Handler "\\MYIP\UAT\Handlers"
symbolic link created for Lab_Handler <<===>> \\MYIP\\UAT\\Handlers

When I try to 'cd' to 'Lab_Handler' it errors as follows

D:\temp>cd Lab_Handler
The user name or password is incorrect.

However, I am able to open the 'symlink' from Windows explorer

What am I doing wrong (or) Where should I provide user name and password ?

EDIT: The network share is password protected. On Windows explorer when I access the Share it prompts for user name and password and when typed correctly it allows me to browse the Network share

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1484

Answers (1)

Sathish Kumar
Sathish Kumar

Reputation: 2536

Prior to "cd Lab_Handler" from Command Prompt, I had to connect to the mapped network drive from command line that is

net use \\MYIP\UAT\Handlers

After executing the command mentioned above, it would prompt us to enter the username and password to establish the connectivity

And then, I was able to "cd Lab_handler" like any other normal directory

Upvotes: 4

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