Browser not accessing Windows network

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)
Original Redmine Issue: 8854
Affected QGIS version: 2.0.1
Redmine category:browser

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The Add vector menu correctly navigates the local network (Windows), whereas the Browser cannot explore inside the content of folder (added as links on the desktop). Apparently, networks cannot be added to the list of items in Browser

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• easy_fix was configured as 0
• regression was configured as 0

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Author Name: Paolo Cavallini (@pcav)

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(Un)fortunately I have no access to Windows network, so I cannot test on QGIS 3

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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On recent Windows versions network shares are mapped as a letter drive, and QGIS browser works just fine with them.

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• resolution was changed from to fixed/implemented
• status_id was changed from Open to Closed