Questions tagged [unc]
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How do I create a symbolic link to a UNC Path in Windows XP
I have a workstation with Windows XP and I need to make a symbolic link or mount a UNC Path like a local Drive. I need the same behavior that produces M-Daemon tools when you mount an .iso File but with a remote directory. This is because I have a…
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Can I make a Symbolic Link in Windows 7 (or 2008) between 2 network locations?
I would like make a symbolic link in Windows (7 or 208 between 2 locations on a file server (Netapp):
mklink /D \server\share\some\link \server\share\some\target\path
Is this possible? I can't get it to work and the only examples I have found…
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Easy way to gather file sizes of unc paths?
Is there a program or a script I can run against a csv containing thousands of UNC paths? Something not very intrusive - simply looking to gather file sizes of each.
Thanks.
jj2019
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Access Denied when accessing UNC path from IIS
I've got an issue with receiving an access denied error when trying to access a folder via UNC on another machine, from a web application running in IIS. Now i'm sure your thinking, as I did, this is surely just a permissions problem, however the…
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IIS7 - Virtual Directory UNC share without Domain - Access Denied
I am trying to setup a virtual directory in IIS7 to a network share folder, however I am getting access denied errors.
I have created a user on both servers with identical names and passwords, and given read+write permissions on the folder for that…
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Window Share (UNC) over the Internet
I'm setting up a build server using Team Foundation Server (TFS).
The drop location needs to be in UNC (e.g. \SERVER\Share$) for some reason known only to MS.
My concern is this. It's a server on the public Internet and the last thing I want is to…
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IIS7 .NET Web Site Delays Detection Of File Changes On UNC Path
I'm dealing with an issue and have been unable to find any posts or documentation that already address this specific problem.
The setup:
This issue is regarding a heavily accessed web site, written in .NET 3.5 and running on IIS7. The application…
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How to properly clear a remote LAN connection?
I am on a Windows centric LAN without a domain.
I have access to several machines on my network, each with different username and passwords.
I originally connected to them with a UNC path in explorer and entered in the authentication…
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Resource usage of mapped drives versus network location shortcuts?
One group within our IT department wants to eliminate all drive mappings from our network and replace them with simple Network Location (UNC) shortcuts. The group claims the drive mappings consume too many resources on the servers and hurt…
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Very peculiar UNC issue with Windows 2003
We're having a very odd issue with two servers communicating with each other over UNC paths. We have four web servers total all hooked up to the same switch, running the same OS version, patch level etc. Two of the servers cannot access each…
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Accessing public server using UNC path
My goal is to access public server using UNC path \\server_ip\folder syntax. My ISP is blocking port 445, so i cannot access server using SMB protocol. The questions are:
There are still no easy method to force windows use SMB protocol via other…
Bryan Raynolds
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UNC path network connection error 0x80004005
I'm attempting to connect to Windows Server 2016 Standard Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.1715) via UNC path \\MyServer\F$
I receive the following error after a few moments:
I am a Domain Admin
Firewall is off on both machines (the proper ports were…
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Access hidden/administrative Windows file share with UNC path from task or windows service
These administrative file shares seem to contain some magic which is either poorly documented or very hard to get to. There is a lot of information of various aspects but nothing seem to apply exactly to the situation.
This is in a domain…
Oskar Berggren
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UNC name resolution issue
Have a win 2008 r2. after installing some patches the xp client machine can no longer access the file share. Win 7 machine was okay.
\\servername\ path not found
\\x.x.x.x\ path not found
\\servername.contoso.com\ path found
ping…
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Running .NET applications from UNC path
So, I know this is a very basic question but I'd like to ask the experts just to make sure.
We have a .NET application that is running on an application server, and our users launch it using a shortcut on their workstations which points to the main…
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