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Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 30/11/2019 - 22:34
I certainly wont be buying WD next time around! Thanks for the tip about QNAP. K.
Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 30/11/2019 - 08:44
JAK wrote:
Why not use Windows explorer? I presume you're FTP'ing to the drive presently?
Windows Explorer worked fine on Win 7 but "File Explorer" on my new Win 10 machine doesn't even see the drive 99% of the time. The files were all uploaded to the drive via Windows Explorer on my old machine but I now need access to them on the new one. No FTP involved.Why not use Windows explorer? I presume you're FTP'ing to the drive presently?
It was painful getting Windows Explorer to work on the old machine, but once it did it was fine for three years.
I've started a formal query with the WD help line. They take about four days to reply, normally.
Thanks Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 29/11/2019 - 22:48
womble wrote:
Just to make things even better, I can access the drive through the web browser, but it only shows the first twenty or so folders in the my "My Pictures" folder. That gets me to "AGM"... I cannot see the other couple of hundred folders.
I have over 2TB of images on this drive...
Well I've solved that one, it doesn't work under Chrome but does with Firefox... AARRGGHHHJust to make things even better, I can access the drive through the web browser, but it only shows the first twenty or so folders in the my "My Pictures" folder. That gets me to "AGM"... I cannot see the other couple of hundred folders.
I have over 2TB of images on this drive...
At least I can download the directories I need back onto my hard disk for the job in hand.
K.
Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 29/11/2019 - 14:30
Lubbyman wrote:
1. Click on 'Network' in LH pane, WDMyCloud appears under 'Storage' in RH pane.
2. Right click on WDMyCloud, a context menu appears, click 'Open'.
3. WDMyCloud's IP address appears under 'Network', shares appear in the RH pane. (If asked first for username and password, these are what you use to log in to WDMyCloud.)
4. Right click on the share you want to map. A context menu pops up. Click on 'Map network drive'.
5. The share should be visible against 'Folder'. Select drive letter (Z: or whatever you want). Make sure that 'Reconnect at sign-in' is checked if you want the share to be mapped every time you log on. Click 'Finish'
6. Hey presto! The share is mapped
It's Microsoft, though, so I can't promise it will work for everybody...
Good luck
Steve
Thanks for your help but it fails at step 1. The drive doesn't show in the File Manager at all. It did on Weds, but doesn't today.womble wrote:
I have a share called "Kris" on my external drive which I had previously mapped to my Z drive. I'd like to do that again so that I don't have to spend an age reconstructing my Lightroom catalogue.
I've just done (on two W10 machines) what you want to do, so it's definitely possible - at least where I live! Here's what I did.I have a share called "Kris" on my external drive which I had previously mapped to my Z drive. I'd like to do that again so that I don't have to spend an age reconstructing my Lightroom catalogue.
1. Click on 'Network' in LH pane, WDMyCloud appears under 'Storage' in RH pane.
2. Right click on WDMyCloud, a context menu appears, click 'Open'.
3. WDMyCloud's IP address appears under 'Network', shares appear in the RH pane. (If asked first for username and password, these are what you use to log in to WDMyCloud.)
4. Right click on the share you want to map. A context menu pops up. Click on 'Map network drive'.
5. The share should be visible against 'Folder'. Select drive letter (Z: or whatever you want). Make sure that 'Reconnect at sign-in' is checked if you want the share to be mapped every time you log on. Click 'Finish'
6. Hey presto! The share is mapped
It's Microsoft, though, so I can't promise it will work for everybody...
Good luck
Steve
Just to make things even better, I can access the drive through the web browser, but it only shows the first twenty or so folders in the my "My Pictures" folder. That gets me to "AGM"... I cannot see the other couple of hundred folders.
I have over 2TB of images on this drive...
Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 29/11/2019 - 14:01
dcweather wrote:
So how did it go?
Extremely well. There are two other threads that discuss it (including one started by me on the day).So how did it go?
Comment by womble posted on Just been invited to see the prototype at 28/11/2019 - 23:56
Lubbyman wrote:
Steve
I have a share called "Kris" on my external drive which I had previously mapped to my Z drive. I'd like to do that again so that I don't have to spend an age reconstructing my Lightroom catalogue.womble wrote:
Anyone have any experience of getting a Western Digital network drive (a MyCloudEX2Ultra in my case) to map to a drive in File Explorer? ... Ideally, I want it to show as my z drive so that my Lightroom catalogue will find all my image files.
Are you trying to map a folder or the entire drive? I have several folders on a WD MyCloud NAS mapped as drives in File Explorer (one for photos, one for music etc.) in Windows 10. That was done some time ago and was straightforward. Then Microsoft updated Windows 10 (early this year?) and made life more difficult. Something to do with security, apparently. Can you see the MyCloud under Network?Anyone have any experience of getting a Western Digital network drive (a MyCloudEX2Ultra in my case) to map to a drive in File Explorer? ... Ideally, I want it to show as my z drive so that my Lightroom catalogue will find all my image files.
Steve
I seem to have spent a very long time getting Win 10 not to do all sorts of things it thinks are helpful. I don't ever remember spending quite so long turning things off with previous new computers!
Thanks all. K.
Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 28/11/2019 - 22:14
Anyone have any experience of getting a Western Digital network drive (a MyCloudEX2Ultra in my case) to map to a drive in File Explorer? I managed to get it to work on my old Windows 7 machine (although it was a pain) but have failed (after eight hours!) to get it to work on Windows 10.
Ideally, I want it to show as my z drive so that my Lightroom catalogue will find all my image files.
The WD help system is opaque, confusing, full of dead links and keeps circling back to the same pages that didn't work the first time.
Thanks, Kris.
Ideally, I want it to show as my z drive so that my Lightroom catalogue will find all my image files.
The WD help system is opaque, confusing, full of dead links and keeps circling back to the same pages that didn't work the first time.
Thanks, Kris.
Comment by womble posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 27/11/2019 - 21:33
Perhaps we should have a "my camera with the 100 years body cap" thread...
Comment by womble posted on SRS Pentax 100 Year event - Saturday November 23rd 2019 at 27/11/2019 - 18:16
Not so bothered about the rear caps but I do like to have the "proper" front caps, especially for my older manual glass. The K series lens caps can go for a small fortune...
Comment by womble posted on "Cheap" Pinchcap lens caps! at 23/11/2019 - 22:59
"You can't access the shared folder because your organization's security policies block unauthenticated guest access. These policies help protect your PC from unsafe or malicious devices on the network."
As I am "the organization" that is cobblers... but at least I know it is a security issue...
ARGHHH
Thanks for all your help. K.
UPDATE Cracked it! I had to delve into the security settings but now it seems to work. Yay.
Thanks all. Phew...