How to Access Files on Your Synology NAS via Windows File Explorer

How to Access Files on Your Synology NAS via Windows File Explorer
The Synology NAS has a special configuration to allow browsing from your Windows network that is turned off by default. I'll show you how to configure you're NAS drive to enable the NAS storage to be visible in windows file explorer that might be missing. This works in Windows 11 and Windows 10 and any other operating system like MacOS, Linux.

Synology DiskStation DS1520+

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[Britec]

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[mahlonrhoades]

Thanks so much. This saved me heaps of angst. Very clear and complete. I only needed to get about halfway through - just to get to the part about where to find the 'create network drive' option in W11.

[DasJac]

This video helped, thanks.
Its also worth checking (using DSM 7.1.x) that if you are using WS-Disovery via SMB, that.. its Min. SMB 2.
SMB Settings > Advanced > the Minimum SMB is higher then 1 as Windows 11 no long supports SMB 1.

[mikedowsett]

Absolutely great tutorial. Your instructions were clear and easy to use. I have tried following a few other tutorials for this and all of them left instructions and examples out leading you to guess what information was needed.

[welshtony]

I have mine set up just like this anyway.
Side note on the newer version of DSM (7.0) the SMB, AFP and NFS have separate tabs and the WS-Discovery is at the bottom of the SMB tab.
Just encase someone watching this is looking for it. Otherwise its very similar.

[symbol]

Great video, as usual. Straightforward & clear. Helped me a lot. Thanks! 😊

[FosterMedia]

Ive done this numerous times, and they show up on my laptops at my home netwrk, but my main PC will NOT find the locations, i dont understand it. The drive shows up in the network folder and links to the browser inmterace, but i cant map a drive and also typing the \\location etc into file explorer doesnt find the drive. Please help

[abirix]

Could you do something about self-hosting your password manager on your NAS?

[haseeburrahmanhidayathulla]

Mr.Britec I have a doubt. Can you clear me the doubt?

My doubt is how can we copy files from a computer to a computer opened by remote desktop?

Or else how can we copy files from a computer to another computer opened by azure portal by remote desktop?

[Sakib]

Could you do a video tutorial on how to install Synology NAS as well setup Plex I like the way you explain things that's why I am eagerly requesting to you

[bwcmebu]

Great video. I've mapped a folder but as soon as I leave the office with my laptop to work on a different network it won't allow me to access the folder from file explorer. Any suggestions.

[stevebritton]

thank you, been tearing my hair out, i think both windows os and synology have been very unhelpful with this

[hudsville]

When you are setting the permissions for the shared folders, you have 'Britec' showing. On my permissions list of users, my new (Windows 11) laptop does not show in that list, only my old Windows 10 laptop. I think this might be why I cannot map my Diskstation DS213+ to my Windows 11 laptop. How do you get a new Windows 11 laptop to be recognised by DSM?

[MBMB-szye]

Hello

Thank you for the great video!

Can you kindly confirm one thing. I have a Synology DS214play.
I have installed Synology using a RAID 1 configuration
and the file format was ext4.

Your video mentions that once the Synology drive is connected files
can simply be transferred from PC to Synology NAS.
Now the Windows PC files on my computer drive are formatted as NTFS.

I am confused about whether the file formats on Synology NAS and my PC are
compatible or if I need to format my RAID or other disks disks differently?
Or does copying files only work with an external USB drive formatted as NTFS?

Regards

[mukhtarahmad]

great video. How can you select chrome as a default browser instead of edge when you use the synology assistant to access the NAS?

[ExtromniaStudios]

This is very good information, thanks for sharing.

[garyworsham]

I can only log in from Windows 10 using a browser. I get the login dialog but it always fails. Login from Mac works as expected. DS918+ DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 6. WS-Discovery is enabled.

[weshumphrey]

My router has a USB port. If I plugged a disk drive into it, would I follow the same procedures?

[robertleem]

Question - I've just bought the DS920+ and am configuring. Can my movie files have spaces in the name before I copy them across

[woolfy]

Thanks for the tutorial! Do you have a guide to get the black theme on windows? I can't tell if you have transparency but, I like it as well