Probably because Tk doesn't understand UNC pathnames.
Or, rather, it Tk requires to use \\ instead of // in UNC pathes? Did you try to replace the forward slashes by backslashes?
In reply to Re^2: problem with mounted share (MS Windows)
by rovf
in thread problem with mounted share (MS Windows)
by momo33
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