An error occured while trying to share Z. (win7 unable to share mounted boxcryptor drive)

VikasG

I have a typical setup on my

win7 64bit desktop.

BoxCryptor version 1.5.408.142

BoxCryptor.bc is a directory in dropbox's root. BoxCryptor.bc is mounted by BoxCryptor as Z drive. When I try to share the Z: by right clicking on it in explorer and then going to sharing, I am seeing this error:

An error occured while trying to share Z. The device or directory does not exist. The shared resource was not created at this time.

I have also tried to share Z: in 2 other ways:

1) Shared Folders->Shares->New Share in Computer Management. Seeing this error there:

The folder z:\xyz is not a valid drive of the specified machine.

2) Also tried clicking on the folder in Z:\ in explorer and then clicking 'Share with' dropdown in the toolbar. Seeing this error there:

Your folder can't be shared.

I am sharing couple of other folders without any problems. I dont have vmware or any virtual network adapter installed.

Any clues what could be wrong?

David R.

Hey Vikas,

I guess this will help: https://boxcryptor.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/963238

The problem is, that the sharing is handled by the SYSTEM user, which, per default, can't see your drive. This way it will work.

Best regards,
David

VikasG

Thanks David. It worked great. The cryptic windows error message were not pointing to the real error.