- Open Services by pressing Win+R to open Run window and enter "services.msc" then press OK.
- Search "WebClient" in the services list and make sure it is not disabled (default value is "Manual (Trigger Start)", just to be sure, you can change it to "Automatic").
- Open Registry Editor by pressing Win+R to open Run window and enter "regedit" then press OK.
- Go to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters
- Change "BasicAuthLevel" key value to 2 (if the key is not present, create it as a DWORD key).
- Change "FileAttributesLimitInBytes" key value to ffffffff (in Hexadecimal) or 4294967295 (in Decimal).
- Change "FileSizeLimitInBytes" key value to ffffffff (in Hexadecimal) or 4294967295 (in Decimal).
- Restart the computer (you cannot skip this step, logging out is not enough either).
- Navigate to "This PC" in Windows Explorer.
- Right click on an empty area near the drives and select "Add a network location (keyboard shortcut: Alt+C Alt+L)
- Click Next -> Next then enter the URL in the field "Internet or network address:" like the following:
http://server_address:port/shared_folder
IMPORTANT: you must include the port number in the URL!
NOTE: you can skip the "shared_folder", it is possible to map the root folder.
- Enter your login creditentials in the window appearing.
If you get the following errormessages:
- "The file size exceeds the limit allowed and cannot be saved." - registry key in step 6 is not modified
- "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another." - registry key in step 5 is not modified
