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Unable to access shares via IPv6 address due to the “:” character

Accessing shares or mapping drives using IPv6 addresses will fail.

Examples of failing commands:

net use * \\2001:db8:0:1::9\c$ ()

Or try to access the address through Start->Run.

\\2001:db8:0:1::9\c$ ()

The error message is:

System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found.

For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: Microsoft KB Article KB944007.

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