title: How to access shared folder on Windows without prompting username/password?
body: <p>My selenium and java based application needs to frequently read/upload a small-size file from a shared folder (<code>\\some-server-ip\SharedfolderName</code>).</p>
  
  <p>When I run the application on multiple client machine (both server and clients can see their IPs) I am prompted to provide username and password to connect to server IP before the application can access the shared folder.</p>
  
  <p>I have  shared folder given <code>full control</code> privileges to <code>everyone</code>, <code>anonymous logon</code> group. </p>
  
  <p>I also added <code>\\some-server-ip\SharedfolderName</code> to local security policy's </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But, it is not working.</p>
  
  <p>Interestingly, if I enter the username/password manually first time, it works fine in subsequent runs on that particular client. I cannot manually enter username/passwords on all 700+ of the client machines.</p>
  
  <p>I have been trying to get this to work from past three days, without much success.
  Any help/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>P.S. I have been trying different OS (2008, 2003, Win7) for hosting the shared folder, in a desperate hope to get it to work somehow.</p>