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    system error 53 with net use

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    by etienneh8y ·

    This might be a simple problem, but I am trying to map a drive in a .bat file using net use.

    When I do
    net use \\serverA\folder
    I get error 53 and “The network path was not found.

    However, I can map the drive in explorer and can browse the server just fine in i.e. using the same path.

    Any thoughts?

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    • #2501561

      Clarifications

      by etienneh8y ·

      In reply to system error 53 with net use

      Clarifications

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      • #2485334

        Any drive letter

        by etienneh8y ·

        In reply to Where’s the drive letter?

        Typo in the post, woops. I tried a variety of different drive letters, including ones that I successfully mapped to other servers (I unmapped them before trying with this one).

        Sorry for the confusion.

    • #2528299

      Does the folder exists?

      by sbx14 ·

      In reply to system error 53 with net use

      If you use %username% variable to create a user folder with net use command, it will return the error 53 as net use cannot create the user folder for you.

      Otherwise check if the folder exists and then its share and NTFS permissions.

    • #2859463

      My Fix

      by nickadmin ·

      In reply to system error 53 with net use

      I had the extact situation you are experiencing.
      After checking for small details I made sure to use a CAPITAL letter for the share as such: net use S: \\servername\share
      whala all is well—Of course my server has its fireweall off

      • #2847829

        Use IP instead of Servername

        by sharpear ·

        In reply to My Fix

        I have issues with the same thing. I am able to view it and know the location is shared, but some machines seem to have issues when looking for PCs by names. I just switch the scripts over to use the IP address of the server instead.

        My scripts look like this to get around it:
        net use K: \\192.168.1.1\share Persistent:YES

    • #2859455

      here’s one search article on net use error 53

      by cg it ·

      In reply to system error 53 with net use

      http://www.chicagotech.net/troubleshooting/systemerror53.htm

      firewall/filtering seems to be one possible root cause.

    • #2903341

      Same Error

      by andriesjb ·

      In reply to system error 53 with net use

      I have the same problem as the user above, the problem is that I can manually do the the net user X:\\server\folder in the command prompt, the moment I add it to a batch script it bombs out?

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