Have I bricked it or not

[Robert Cowles]

I flashed my DNS-320LW and all seemed to go right. I have a live webpage and can make changes; I can see all my folders and subfolders, however, the front LEDs are flashing blue/orange.

When I try to open the NAS in Windows, I get the following pop-up.

Restoring Network Connection

An error occurred while reconnecting N: to
W192.168.7.169\Volume_1
Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already
in use.
This connection has not been restored.

What do I need to do to gain access... Please describe the steps in layman's terms.

[Bojidar Alexandrov]

Naaah, just Windows quirks...

Try cmd as Administrator and run

net use * /delete /y

Then access the drive again.

Bojo

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[Trebor58]

Thank you Bojo, for the help, did as you suggested see results.

C:\Windows\System32>net use * /delete /y
There are no entries in the list.

Also I have now lost my NAS drive in windows explorer

[Trebor58]

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On Friday, 11 July 2025 at 19:33:16 UTC+1 Bojidar Alexandrov wrote:

[Trebor58]

Thank you, Bojo, for responding. I did as you suggested, see results below

C:\Windows\System32>net use * /delete /y
There are no entries in the list.

I have now lost the NAS in Windows Explorer.

On Friday, 11 July 2025 at 19:33:16 UTC+1 Bojidar Alexandrov wrote:

[Trebor58]

Thank you, Bojo, for responding. I did as you suggested, see results below
C:\Windows\System32>net use * /delete /y
There are no entries in the list.

I have now lost the NAS in Windows Explorer.

On Friday, 11 July 2025 at 19:33:16 UTC+1 Bojidar Alexandrov wrote:

[Trebor58]

Thank you, Bojo, for responding. I did as you suggested, see results below
C:\Windows\System32>net use * /delete /y
There are no entries in the list.

I have now lost the NAS in Windows Explorer.

On Friday, 11 July 2025 at 19:33:16 UTC+1 Bojidar Alexandrov wrote:

Naaah, just Windows quirks...

Try cmd as Administrator and run

net use * /delete /y

Then access the drive again.

Bojo

[Trebor58]

Thank you, Bojo, for responding. I did as you suggested, see results below
C:\Windows\System32>net use * /delete /y
There are no entries in the list.

I have now lost the NAS in Windows Explorer.

On Friday, 11 July 2025 at 19:33:16 UTC+1 Bojidar Alexandrov wrote:

[John Travell]

In your opening post, you stated that your NAS was on 192.168.7.169, try doing a ping at that address and see if you get a response.

From what I recall of the Windows 'map network drive' box you should be able to specify the IP address to connect to. 

In recent Windows (maybe all, it's a decade since I migrated to Linux Mint) that 'map network drive' link is only displayed when you are looking at the top level of the filesystem, i.e. 'My Computer'. There used to be a 'browse' button, is that still there?

JohnT