Net.exe use 'Error: A command was used with conflicting switches.' while using /savecred

Question

I am trying to use following command to map a drive in persistent mode, and I don't want it to ask login credentials everytime I reboot the machine:

net use P: \\server\folder Password123 /user:user123 /savecred /persistent:yes

But I am getting folowing error:

A command was used with conflicting switches.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3510.

I followed this article: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/commandlinereference/p/net-use-command.htm

Please help with this issue.

Answer 1

When we use /savecred switch we should not give the credentials in the same line. The correct command should be:

net use P: \\server\folder /savecred /persistent:yes

It will ask for username and password.

Answer 2

You can add your credentials to Windows Vault and then map you drive, this way you can avoid the limitation sabertooth1990 mentioned:

CMDKEY /add:%server% /user:%username% /pass:%password%
NET USE \\%server%\%folder% %localdrive% /SAVECRED /PERSISTENT:YES