Accessing a Windows share with a different username

Solution 1:

You can specify it through the command line using the net command.

net use <driveletter>: \\<server>\<sharename> /USER:<domain>\<username> <password> /PERSISTENT:YES

You can also specify different credentials using the Windows Explorer GUI. From the Tools menu select Map network drive.... On the Map Network Drive dialog window there is a checkbox for "Connect using different credentials".

Note: If you do not see the menu bar in Windows Explorer, press the ALT key to make it appear.

Solution 2:

Yes, it is.

When you map the network share from Windows Explorer (right click on share name > Map network drive) you can use different user credentials:

You can also do it via command prompt (started as administrator):

net use [drive] [share] /user:[user] [password]

Example:

net use s: \\homesrv\share /user:vp pass123

Solution 3:

To delete saved share usernames:

open cmd prompt type:
net use \\fileservername /del
or
net use * /del
to delete all

found @ http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008/AdminTips/Network/DeleteLoginCredentialsforaNetworkShare.html

Solution 4:

The comment to the top answer is a good solution, it does not require mapping network drive, just tries to access the directory with different user account and password, which meets my need. Quoting the comment to here :
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...connect to a network share using separate credentials without mapping to a drive letter . . .: net use \\<server>\<sharename> /USER:<domain>\<username> * Note that with this set of parameters, you must either specify the password or use the asterisk to signify that you want to be prompted...
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I tried * and also replacing * with password, both worked well