Mapped network drive resets on restart

I have a problem where my mapped network drive becomes unavailable after a restart, trying various solutions to make it persistent [/persistent:yes when re-mapping via PowerShell, etc.]:

• net use Z: "\\10.0.1.145\xyz" connects the drive fine but doesn't persist past a restart

I wrote a script to automate this for me:

• If ( !(Test-Path -Path "\\10.0.1.145\") ) {   net use Z: "\\10.0.1.145\xyz" /persistent:yes}

  • The odd thing is:
    Test-Path -Path "\\\10.0.1.145\\" = false
Test-Path -Path "\\\10.0.1.145\xyz" = true
    
    
• net use Z: "\\10.0.1.145\xyz" /persistent:yes gets the same result as the two Test-Path commands, with the only difference being Z: is accessible via CMD (Z: has been accessible via Explorer all along)

How can I map Z: persistently to 10.0.1.145 or reliably automate this if the former doesn't work?