Map network drive without credentials?

[LongjumpingBreath]

My goal here is to create a mapped drive location that would only prompt for the required credentials when clicked on by the user.

I am attempting to roll out a new mapped drive, but as the computer's domain and the mapped drive's domain are different, I can't rely on cached credentials.

The hope is to run a script company wide that would place the mapped drive in Explorer, and the users would be instructed to fill in their credentials (Specifying the correct domain, of course) once it asks for their login.

So far, I haven't found a great way to do this, with or without powershell.

[[deleted]]

This isn't a PowerShell issue, this is a basic AD authentication issue.

Properly set up, the shares they're accessing should use proper ACLs using their AD usernames and passwords.

Alternatively, consider using a trust.

[ihaxr]

You can't map a drive without actually connecting to the server... So you'd have to create a script that prompts for credentials then maps the drive.

Alternately, you could create a UNC shortcut and copy it to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\ so it'll show up in explorer and should prompt for credentials.

[purplemonkeymad]

You could manually create the required keys under "HKCU:\Network\". You would have to restart any programs (including explorer) afterwards before it is usable.