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So, I've noticed this weird thing when I run ArcMap as administrator. It shows my folder connections as not connected. The program does not seem to recognize that I have any network drives at all.

Has anyone else ever had this problem, and how do I fix it?

Running 10.1 on Windows 8.1 64 bit

Update: When I go to make a new folder connection when running as administrator, if I try to click on network locations the program errors out and crashes.

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  • Did you map them in ArcCatalog? Can you show a screenshot of what you are seeing?
    – jbchurchill
    Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 13:38
  • can you create a new connection manually?
    – radouxju
    Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 13:45
  • Check out this post specifically the last response about the paths may helpful. geonet.esri.com/thread/63171
    – landocalrissian
    Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 13:52
  • @jbchurchill They were previously mapped in ArcCatalog (without running as administrator). I can still see them in the catalog, however I get the red "x" of disconnect when I try to open them when I run the program as administrator.
    – BigCat
    Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 14:11
  • @radouxju I can create a new connection, as long as it is to a folder on my local machine. So, as an update to my problem, ArcGIS does not recognize that I am connected to a network.
    – BigCat
    Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 14:12

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I've just had the same problem in ArcCatalog 10.5. All the network work drives had a little red cross on them. Turned out that the Icon for ArcCatalog on my desktop was set to run as Administrator (Properties > Shortcut tab > Advanced). When I unticked that all the drives were available again.

Looks like a permission thing or that those drives are not mapped under the Administrator profile?

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Uninstalling and re-installing the software fixed the problem. Go figure.

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