Creating a powershell batch file to create a disk label from existing persistent network shares

Question

I'm trying to create a batch file using windows powershell that will look for existing persistent network shares and take their path to create a name, much like a custom disk label.

I'm a novice but know the start point can be based on the following, although this needs taking a step further to look for existing shares, to run on stratup, and to be executable each time a new share is added.

Thanks,

$Net = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Network  
$Rename = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application  

#### # Map the local drives  
Subst Q: 'C:\File Path\Uno'    
Subst U: 'C:\File Path\Dos' 

#### # Map the network drives  
$Net.MapNetworkDrive("X:", '\\Server\File Path\Uno')  
$Net.MapNetworkDrive("Y:", '\\Different Server\File Path\Dos')

#### # Rename everything  
$rename.NameSpace("Q:\").Self.Name = 'Network -> FOO'  
$rename.NameSpace("U:\").Self.Name = 'Network -> BAR'  
$rename.NameSpace("X:\").Self.Name = 'Local -> FOO'  
$rename.NameSpace("Y:\").Self.Name = 'Local -> BAR'

my rational follows similarly on from: Naming a Drive with a Batch File

This is my first post here and I'm grateful for any assistance.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '15 at 17:14

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Use Symbolic Links instead :

mklink /d c:\foo \\foo\bar

answered Mar 12 '15 at 17:14

Turrican

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of no benefit, this does not ctreate a drive letter and path, or am I missing something – Ogriff Mar 12 '15 at 17:52

Creating a powershell batch file to create a disk label from existing persistent network shares

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