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ERROR_REDIR_PAUSED
Windows network redirection makes remote resources appear as local devices. The redirector architecture includes a user-mode network provider for connection management and a kernel-mode redirector for remote file operations. A paused redirected device is therefore a client/resource-state issue, not necessarily evidence that the remote server is unreachable.
Identify the redirected local name and the remote resource behind it. For a disk mapping, direct UNC access can show whether the share remains usable independently of the local device state. For a printer mapping, keep the print-queue state separate from SMB file-share assumptions.
Inspect the redirected object
- Record the local device name, remote resource, resource type, and provider.
- Test the remote resource without the local redirection when the resource type permits it.
- Check whether the pause was deliberate administrative state or a provider transition.
- Do not collapse disk and printer redirection into one diagnosis; the same Win32 code can describe either.
Windows network redirector architecture · WNetAddConnection2 · WNetGetResourceInformation
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