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The thread discusses how to retrieve the account information used to map network drives in Windows. The original poster asks where this information is stored, possibly in the registry, after forgetting the mapped accounts. Responses suggest checking Credential Manager for saved credentials and recommend documenting drive mappings in the future; one user also mentions that restoring a backup could recover the mappings if they are well-documented beforehand.
eager2learn

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I create several network drives.
I forget for some network drives the account I used to map the network drive.
How can I get the account that I used to map a network drive?
Where is the account of a network drive stored. In the registry?
 

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Neemobeer

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If you saved the credentials they will be in Control Panel > Credential Manager > Windows Credentials
 

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If you have your data backed up to external media on the Windows Account you used to have the network drive mappings on, you could run a System Restore on that account and put back all your accounts to the way they were before you lost your drive mappings. This is risky without a full backup as I said, but, even if you got a look at those drive mappings, you could take screenshots, write then down using pen and paper, or use your Cell phone camera to snap screenshots. If you have to rebuild your computer from scratch, you would then have those mappings. In the IT world, you NEVER map drives on an account without having it properly documented for just the kind of problem you are running into. Word to the wise for the future.

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