Bug report: FreeFileSync does not work with mapped network drive letters.
When I click Browse to add a folder path, I cannot add mapped network drives. Instead, I have to click through the "Network Locations" or type the IP address directly, ex: "\\192.168.0.1\myFolder" instead of "Y:\myFolder".
Furthermore, if I am browsing a mapped network drive in Windows Explorer (ex: "Y" drive in this case), and click on a saved FreeFileSync file, it won't even open! Since FreeFileSync can't see the mapped network drives, it won't open at all. Attached is the error that comes up. If I navigate to the "\\192.168.0.1\myFolder" location manually in Windows Explorer, however, and double-click it to open, it works fine.
Bug--does not see mapped network drives
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Mapped network shares are only visible to a specific user. Maybe FreeFileSync is running in a different user context than Explorer?
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...or: have you run FFS elevated? By default the elevated process doesn't share mapped drive from the non-elevated account.Bug report: FreeFileSync does not work with mapped network drive letters.eRCaGuy, 09 Jun 2017, 01:01
There is a registry entry to change to enable the mapped drive sharing (I did it on my Win10 pc)
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3035277/mapped-drives-are-not-available-from-an-elevated-prompt-when-uac-is-configured-to-prompt-for-credentials-in-windows
