How to connect to an HTTPS WebDAV Folder on Windows 7?

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I'm trying to connect to an HTTPS WebDAV folder on Windows 7. I go to a "Computer" Explorer window, right click, and click "Add a Network Location." I follow the prompts and get "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another." It works fine on Windows XP. How do I make this work?

Did you create a second account to answer this? – u1686_grawity Mar 07 '11 at 10:52 — u1686_grawity, Mar 07 '11 at 10:52

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '11 at 02:02

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Instead of going through the GUI it said you should go to a command prompt and type in a command similar to this one:

net use * https://webdav.example.com:port/folder

It prompted me for a username and password and then mapped the drive.

I was able to access my files this way. Hope it works for you.

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answered Mar 07 '11 at 02:02

A Student at a University

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Should that be `net use * https://webdav.example.com:port/folder *`? According to the docs, the second `*` means it should prompt for a password. – Ken Williams Jul 17 '13 at 20:59

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 15 '17 at 15:42

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This works for Windows 10:

net use drive_letter: \\sitename@ssl@port/folder/subfolder password /user:userID

The @port is the port number if required. For example

net use x: \\webdav.example.edu@ssl@5050/proj/xyz correct.horse.battery.staple /user:stu

edited Nov 15 '17 at 15:42

Scott - Слава Україні

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answered Nov 15 '17 at 14:41

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Thanks a lot !! The best answer here. I wonder why it doesn't work with GUI... – Konrad Oct 24 '19 at 13:44
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This one worked, but I also had to start a service called `WebClient`. I set it to `Automatic`, just in case. – Xobotun Nov 27 '20 at 20:50

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '15 at 10:33

Go to a "Computer" Explorer window, right click, and click "Add a Network Location.

In the dialog box you write like this

\\yourserverfqdn@SSL\folder

for example if your webdav URL is https://www.netshahr.com/tech should be

\\www.netshahr.com@SSL\tech

Notes:

Don't add 'https://' at start of you address

Your SSL certificate should be added to windows store if it is self signed.

Sometimes it fails at first time but with second try it works .

Now, how does get the certificate and add it to the store? – Felix Jun 05 '18 at 09:18 — Felix, Jun 05 '18 at 09:18

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 26 '19 at 14:03

By default, the Webclient service is not running on windows 8.1+ client. But for windows 7 client this service is running by default.

So please try to start the WebClient service on windows 8.1+ client to check if it helps.

I just got it working by doing this =)

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 01 '18 at 00:57

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You can also use mklink in Windows 7+

mklink /J "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\RemoteResourceName" \\remoteserver.com.pl@SSL@2078\DavWWWRoot

answered Mar 01 '18 at 00:57

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 02 '23 at 06:40

In my case, I got it going with a combination of the answers above, so I am posting it here for future reference.

In a Windows 10:

Enable WebClient Service, and use the below command:

For context, the address used is for a webdav address in Nextcloud. All uppercase letters should be changed accordingly

net use X: https://WEBDAV.DOMAIN.ADDRESS/remote.php/dav/files/USERNAME/  PASSWORD /user:USERNAME

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