Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed

Question

Using Windows 2008 R2. On our server we get this error: \"Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowe

Answer 1

Even if you remove the shared folder via net use * /del, on the server side there is still a connection up there.

In order to get around this problem which Microsoft created by design you should map the drive in a way to let windows think it's another share on another server. The simplest way to do that is to use DNS aliases or ip addresses. In your case, if your first mapping uses the ip address like \\IP\Share with your current credential, you should use something like \\ServerName\Share password /user:Domain\Username this should create a new share with the new credentials.

Microsoft call this behavior by design .. i call it just stupid design.