cannot open .ffs_gui files from mapped Samba shared drives in Windows

Posts: 22 · eRCaGuy 9 Oct 2017, 00:55

Free File Sync won't let me open up network files that are mapped as shared network drives in Windows (ex: Samba shares from a Linux computer).

- If I try to open the mapped drive from Free File Sync the mapped network drive doesn't exist in the GUI window to open up FreeFileSync script files.
- If I navigate to it in Windows Explorer and click on the .ffs_gui file it gives this error:

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Posts: 22 · eRCaGuy 9 Oct 2017, 01:02

UPDATE: If I navigate using the IP address instead of the mapped drive letter it *does* work.

Ex: "\\192.99.99.99\pi\1GB\backup.ffs_gui" works, but "Y:\pi\1GB\backup.ffs_gui" does NOT.

Looks like a bug. Can you fix this please?

Posts: 2451 · Plerry 9 Oct 2017, 04:40

Drive mappings are (Windows) user dependent.
Do you run FreeFileSync (FFS) under the same (Windows) user credentials as the one for which the drive-mapping is defined?