Enable Mapped Drives to be Available in Elevated Command Prompt and PowerShell in Windows


By default, mapped drives are not available from an elevated command prompt, elevated PowerShell, or any other app running as administrator when UAC is configured to "Prompt for credentials" in Windows.

See also: KB3035277 Mapped drives are not available from an elevated prompt when UAC is configured to "Prompt for credentials" in Windows | Windows Support

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable mapped drives availability from an elevated command prompt and elevated PowerShell in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable mapped drives availability from an elevated command prompt or elevated PowerShell.




Here's How:

The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

EnableLinkedConnections DWORD

<delete> or 0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled


1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2 To Add Right Click "Open PowerShell window here as administrator" Context Menu

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Enable_mapped_drive_available_in_elevated_command_prompt_and_PowerShell.reg

Download


3 To Disable Mapped Drives Availability from Elevated Command Prompt and Elevated PowerShell

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Disable_mapped_drive_available_in_elevated_command_prompt_and_PowerShell.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 Restart the computer to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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