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ERROR_SHARING_PAUSED
This code describes server service state, not the state of an individual file. A network redirector can reach the remote system while the service that exports resources is paused or still starting, which is different from a missing network path or an authentication denial.
Check the server-side service lifecycle and the timing of the request. If the error occurs during boot, service restart, cluster movement, or maintenance, capture when the sharing service begins accepting connections. Repeatedly remapping the client drive does not make a paused server service ready sooner.
Server-state checks
- Correlate with server service start, pause, continue, and restart events.
- Test another share exported by the same service to distinguish service state from one share configuration.
- Record whether existing sessions continue while new connections fail.
- Retry only after a bounded delay and preserve the first error timestamp.
Windows network redirector architecture · MS-SMB2 TREE_CONNECT · Samba smbclient manual
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