# How To Use MS Windows Network Share Folders With Duplicati 2 Running As A Service

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**Created:** [March 23, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-use-ms-windows-network-share-folders-with-duplicati-2-running-as-a-service/15964 "2023-03-23T13:56:05Z")
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#### Post date: [March 23, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-use-ms-windows-network-share-folders-with-duplicati-2-running-as-a-service/15964/1 "2023-03-23T13:56:05Z")

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If you are using Duplicati 2 as a service, you will not see the network share folder you see as a “normal” user as local drives in the local drive selection.

You can use the freeware tool **RunAsSystem** from Uwe Sieber:  
[https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc\_tools\_e.html](https://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html)

Open cmd as admin and run the following commands as an example:

```plaintext
RunAsSystem "%windir%\System32\cmd.exe" /k dir

```

This will open a terminal as **nt-autorität\system** user.  
At this terminal you can check the actual user with:

```plaintext
whoami

```

This will show: **nt-autorität\system**  
With **net use** you can see if there is any network folder:

```plaintext
net use

```

With the following command as an example, you can bind the network folder for Duplicati running as a service

```plaintext
net use Z: \\fritz.box\FRITZ.NAS\EXT_HDD\Folder1 /persistent:yes

```

Now you should see the folder Z in your Duplicati 2 local folder selection.

Maybe there are other ways, but this works for me.