Bug: Unable to access administrative shares

[nmangue]

Description

I am using Files in an enterprise environment to access a server administrative shares drive by using \myserver\c$. Doing so I get an error message (cf. screenshot). The error occurs on the first call to WNetAddConnection3 on NetworkDrivesAPI@136 which returns Win32Error.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED. This is normal since Files is running with a user account and I need to use an administrator account to access this share. However the rights elevation is currently not triggered. Reusing the following block to trigger the elevation does work.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Launch Files with a "low-privileged" user account
2. Access a server adminsitrative share (\myserver\c$)

Requirements

Ask for credentials if the current user is not allow to access the share

Files Version

3.2.3.0

Windows Version

Windows 10 Entreprise 22H2 19045.3324

Log File

NA

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Thanks for the feedback.
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[yaira2]

@nmangue thank you for the report and fix, this will be included in the next release.