# Sync Network Drive (WIN7) - Howto

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 9, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385 "2015-04-09T07:50:47Z")
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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/1 "2015-04-09T07:50:48Z")

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All,

I am trying to setup Syncthing on a WIN7 machine with LAN mounted directories. The response I am receiving the following error 10:47:57: Stopping folder “Work-S” - mkdir s:: The system cannot find the path specified.

I tried defing the folder as “s:” or “s:/” with same results. Any idea?

Thanking you in advance

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### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/2 "2015-04-09T08:03:38Z")

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Does `s:\` in fact exist?

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2015, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/3 "2015-04-09T08:59:26Z")

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of course. :- )

It’s there for a few years, (had no problem with another sync software (BTSync) Thanks for your response/ MS

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### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/4 "2015-04-09T09:02:33Z")

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Can you provide your config? (with the sensitive bits removed) Also, try capital S

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/5 "2015-04-12T07:55:54Z")

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Hi,

I tried capital S with no success.

Here is the file:

````
<configuration version="10">
    <folder id="default" path="C:\Users\WIN7\Sync" ro="false" rescanIntervalS="60" ignorePerms="false" autoNormalize="false">
        <device id="{REMOVED}"></device>
        <versioning></versioning>
        <lenientMtimes>false</lenientMtimes>
        <copiers>1</copiers>
        <pullers>16</pullers>
        <hashers>0</hashers>
    </folder>
    <folder id="s-work" path="S:\" ro="false" rescanIntervalS="60" ignorePerms="false" autoNormalize="true">
        <device id="{REMOVED}"></device>
        <versioning type="simple">
            <param key="keep" val="10"></param>
        </versioning>
        <lenientMtimes>false</lenientMtimes>
        <copiers>1</copiers>
        <pullers>16</pullers>
        <hashers>0</hashers>
    </folder>
    <device id="{REMOVED}" name="MOSHE-WORK" compression="metadata" introducer="false">
        <address>dynamic</address>
    </device>
    <gui enabled="true" tls="false">
        <address>127.0.0.1:8080</address>
        <apikey>{REMOVED}</apikey>
    </gui>
    <options>
        <listenAddress>0.0.0.0:22000</listenAddress>
        <globalAnnounceServer>udp4://announce.syncthing.net:22026</globalAnnounceServer>
        <globalAnnounceServer>udp6://announce-v6.syncthing.net:22026</globalAnnounceServer>
        <globalAnnounceEnabled>true</globalAnnounceEnabled>
        <localAnnounceEnabled>true</localAnnounceEnabled>
        <localAnnouncePort>21025</localAnnouncePort>
        <localAnnounceMCAddr>[ff32::5222]:21026</localAnnounceMCAddr>
        <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
        <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
        <reconnectionIntervalS>60</reconnectionIntervalS>
        <startBrowser>true</startBrowser>
        <upnpEnabled>true</upnpEnabled>
        <upnpLeaseMinutes>0</upnpLeaseMinutes>
        <upnpRenewalMinutes>30</upnpRenewalMinutes>
        <urAccepted>0</urAccepted>
        <urUniqueID></urUniqueID>
        <restartOnWakeup>true</restartOnWakeup>
        <autoUpgradeIntervalH>12</autoUpgradeIntervalH>
        <keepTemporariesH>24</keepTemporariesH>
        <cacheIgnoredFiles>true</cacheIgnoredFiles>
        <progressUpdateIntervalS>5</progressUpdateIntervalS>
        <symlinksEnabled>true</symlinksEnabled>
        <limitBandwidthInLan>false</limitBandwidthInLan>
    </options>
</configuration>```
````

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/6 "2015-04-12T09:05:11Z")

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ALL

I tried again with full path rather than the drive letter, and got this as a result:

11:59:21: Stopping folder “S-Work” - open \RECEPTION\Office Documents\Moshe.stfolder: Access is denied.

11:59:24: Loading .stignore: open \RECEPTION\Office Documents\Moshe.stignore: Access is denied.

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### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/7 "2015-04-12T10:45:19Z")

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Full path being `\\<machie name>\<path to folder>\`? I think you need double `\\` in the front. Also make sure you have read/write permission.

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/8 "2015-04-12T11:10:49Z")

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Thanks, but

I put double “\” in fromt. It shows here only one.

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/9 "2015-04-12T11:26:01Z")

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Permissions are RW for Everyone

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### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/10 "2015-04-12T12:04:23Z")

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Are you using NSSM or something like that to run syncthing as a service?

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/11 "2015-04-12T13:40:20Z")

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YES According to recomendations here:

> **[syncthing/syncthing](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/wiki)**
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> syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization

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### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/12 "2015-04-12T14:13:51Z")

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NSSM runs stuff under a different user (service user AFAIK) which probably doesn’t have access to the network share.

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/13 "2015-04-12T14:21:58Z")

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Syncthing is logged a local system In any event, the remore directory has RW permissions to EVERYONE.

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### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/14 "2015-04-12T14:39:10Z")

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Try running syncthing directly and see if that works.

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/15 "2015-04-13T05:15:32Z")

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It seems OK. Should I define the RW permissions for the user AFAIK on the folder?

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### Author: ![moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@moshes](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/moshes)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/16 "2015-04-13T08:26:50Z")

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Bypass: I created a new local user and used it to run the Syncthing service on local machine. I still had to provide full path rather than the drive letter.

All- Thanks for your help

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### Author: ![canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/canton7/32/9528_2.png) [@canton7](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/canton7)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/17 "2015-04-13T08:34:53Z")

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> [@moshes](#):
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> Syncthing is logged a local system

Please make sure you’re aware of the security implications of running Syncthing as a service/privileged user, and make sure you secure the GUI. I’ve updated that wiki article.

See posts such as:

> [@Windows Autostart: Service or Start-On-Login. Comments please!](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/windows-autostart-service-or-start-on-login-comments-please/2042/19):
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> The point is that if a user executes a malicious file, that file runs with the user’s permissions. It can only change things the user has permission to change. But… If Syncthing is running as a local admin, and doesn’t have a GUI password set up, any process can talk to Syncthing. Even the most unprivileged process can open a connection on port 8080 and talk to its REST API. It can ask Syncthing to set up a folder anywhere (since Syncthing, running as local admin, has permission to do anything…

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#### Post date: [May 12, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sync-network-drive-win7-howto/2385/18 "2017-05-12T12:58:13Z")

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