How to share a Cryptomator vault on Windows 10?

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I’m attempting to share a Cryptomator instance, hoping it will solve a problem with Microsoft Edge.

I create a Network device using Webdav mode that shows in Windows explorer. But I can’t share that entity. I think, but do not know, that Windows doesn’t like the “@” symbol in the name.

Any attempt to connect or map the Cryptomator network gives a “Windows cannot access \cryptomator-vaul@42427” error message.

Attempting to map the drive as a remote desktop gives a “invalid name” error. That’s why I’m thinking that Windows might not like the “@” symbol.

With Dokany enabled, I can use the “Give access to” right-click menu. But every attempt to share the vault ends with a message:

“An error occurred while trying to share CRYPTO. The device or directory does not exist.”

A very frustrating message, since the CRYPTO vault does indeed exist.

Attempting to share a folder inside of the vault gives a “You don’t have permission to share or stop sharing this folder.”

Thank you

Cryptomator 1.4.11 64, Win 10

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For Dokany I assume this does not work, because you need admin priviliges. For further information, I refer to this post: Drive not mounted for UAC Admin

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I don’t see any help or suggestions in that post(s). Does that mean there’s nothing to do for Dokany at this time?

Thanks!

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For Dokany, currently yes. But right now we are working on the referenced github issue and it will be included in the next release.

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For WebDav, is there a way to change the name so that it doesn’t have the “@” symbol? I think that is making Windows Edge interpret the name as a web entity, which it then looks for online, which, of course, it won’t find.
Thanks!