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The user initially questions why the `net use` command shows no mapped drives when running as Administrator, despite having mapped drives accessible in File Explorer. They discover that running the command prompt with administrative privileges causes `net use` to not display the mapped drives, whereas running it normally shows them. Another user explains this behavior is normal: elevated (Administrator) sessions use different security tokens, which affects how mapped drives are displayed in `net use` during different privilege levels. The overall sentiment confirms that this discrepancy is expected based on Windows' user account and privilege management.
Pinocchio21

Pinocchio21

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Hi guys,

I have 3 mapped drives which are accessible.

An image from 'Net Use doesn't show mapped drives'. Storage drive bars showing available versus used space on three different servers.


However, when I run net use command I'm getting this output.

C:\windows\system32>net use
New connections will be remembered.

There are no entries in the list.
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Does anybody know why is it so?
 

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Pinocchio21
I think I found why.
When I run cmd as Administrator then I get "New connections will be remembered. There are no entries in the list."
However, when I run cmd without elevated privileges then net use returns all mapped drives.
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Pinocchio21

Pinocchio21

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I think I found why.
When I run cmd as Administrator then I get "New connections will be remembered. There are no entries in the list."
However, when I run cmd without elevated privileges then net use returns all mapped drives.
 

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Neemobeer

Neemobeer

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Yup that is normal functionality. If you have an account that belongs to the administrators group you can think of it as two accounts with the same name.

During normal operation your account runs as a member of the "Users" group. When you run an operation that requires elevated rights, after the UAC process the given process will run with a different security token that has administrative rights.
 

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