File access

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@Great_Scott

You need to map a drive letter using different credentials. By default Windows is accessing the Public share.

And, having made an association between a User (the Windows User) and the Public share, Windows will not allow Private shares to be mapped with the correct MyCloud User credentials.

So the OP will have to break the User:Share association using Windows Credentials Manager. See:

Unable to access WD Mycloud from Windows 10 PC

Use the Windows Credentials Manager to delete any credentials associated with the MyCloud. Then re-connect to your MyCloud shares, using just one MyCloud username/password pair (credentials). If you connect to the Public share without forcing Windows to use your MyCloud User credentials (‘connect using different credentials’), it will use your Windows user credentials. If you then try to connect to a Private share, which requires you to enter your MyCloud user credentials, Windows will not let…