My C# based Wcf application hosted as windows service is unable to access mapped network drive even though it works with UNC path. I have come across the below article which states that it is not possible to use mapped drives with windows service.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms685143(v=vs.85).aspx
In my scenario I am logging into the service with a domain account & the same account is used to create the mapped network drive in the machine.
My company has all clients running the projects in mapped drives and they would want the service also to run and access the mapped drive configurations for pulling data.
In this scenario I am wondering if there could be a possible workaround given the situation that network drive would be created with the same account that the service is logged in with.
Any possible workaround or code fixes would be highly appreciated. Thanks .