Notepad++ does not see an NAS

[Robert Guertin]

I have an NAS on my network and Notepad++ does not see it.
Unfortunately all of my other software can see it.
What’s problem?

[PeterJones]

@Robert-Guertin ,

The problem could be that you are running Notepad++ “as administrator” – and when you run “as administrator”, it doesn’t have access to the same network drives, because they are connected as your “normal user”, not your “administrator”. (That’s a function of the “running as administrator”, and not a function of Notepad++.)

If running “as administrator”, the title bar of Notepad++ window will end with - Notepad++ [Administrator] instead of - Notepad++, and the ?-menu’s Debug Info will include a line that says Admin mode : ON instead of the normal Admin mode : OFF

If that’s not it, then the problem is that you haven’t given us enough information to diagnose your problem.

[Coises]

If you open a folder on the NAS that contains a file which is reasonable to open in a text editor (like a .txt file or a .htm file), open Notepad++ (showing an empty tab), then drag the file from the NAS folder onto the Notepad++ window, what happens?

[gerdb42]

@Robert-Guertin

In addition to what @PeterJones wrote, you may always use the UNC Notation
\\<ServerName>\<ShareName>\<filepath>
to access your file, no matter if running as Admin or not.