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KevinP93
Sep 03, 2016Aspirant
Plex Updated and lost my liberys...but
Yesterday my Plex app updated on my ReadyNAS 214, however my library and metadata are no longer there and had to create a new server....but when im in plex choosing a folder i can see in the /app fol...
- Sep 08, 2016
KevinP93 wrote:
I have hidden folders viewable but whenever I do
\\ip of nass\data or further information get network error windows cannot access said path...but when I do \\ip\Videos or other folders they load up nicely, granted I know because they are public folders but for some reason I cannot get the hidden ones to load up.That's probably because you aren't using admin credentials for the NAS. Another possibility is that you are using flexraid, and named the volume something else.
Assuming the volume is called data, then open CMD and enter
net use * /delete
net use t: \\ip-of-nas\data /user:admin nas-admin-password
That should mount "data" as drive letter t.
KevinP93
Sep 08, 2016Aspirant
I have hidden folders viewable but whenever I do
\\ip of nass\data or further information get network error windows cannot access said path...but when I do \\ip\Videos or other folders they load up nicely, granted I know because they are public folders but for some reason I cannot get the hidden ones to load up.
\\ip of nass\data or further information get network error windows cannot access said path...but when I do \\ip\Videos or other folders they load up nicely, granted I know because they are public folders but for some reason I cannot get the hidden ones to load up.
StephenB
Sep 08, 2016Guru - Experienced User
KevinP93 wrote:
I have hidden folders viewable but whenever I do
\\ip of nass\data or further information get network error windows cannot access said path...but when I do \\ip\Videos or other folders they load up nicely, granted I know because they are public folders but for some reason I cannot get the hidden ones to load up.
That's probably because you aren't using admin credentials for the NAS. Another possibility is that you are using flexraid, and named the volume something else.
Assuming the volume is called data, then open CMD and enter
net use * /delete
net use t: \\ip-of-nas\data /user:admin nas-admin-password
That should mount "data" as drive letter t.
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