Questions tagged [drive-mapping]

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How to obtain UNC drive info on "Disconnected Network Drive"

We run some processes in a distributed computing environment. Processes on one machine need to communicate information with processes on other machines. One of those piecies of information is the location of certain files. Thus, a process on one…
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how to map on a local pc from a server using php

I am working on a project that will enable user to launch tools from a webpage. the page is designed using php. I have WAMP server installed on the my PC and I can click a button to create and write a new batch file on the C drive with the path of…
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Powershell - Remapping shortcuts based on new drive letters

We're currently in the process of remapping all network drives to a new fileserver and with this, took it upon ourselves to map all of the fileshares to a uniform system (ex. everyone's public drive is Z:). With this, several people have shortcuts…
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Automatically create drive mappings for available network shares

Current script is: cmdkey /add:(name of my NAS) /user:network\(username on NAS) /pass:(password for username on NAS) New-PSDrive -Name "E" -Root "\\(name of my NAS)\(name of shared folder)" -Persist -PSProvider "FileSystem" This will map one of the…
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C++ Problem not return network drive (Z:/) , with running the program in RunAsAdmin mode

I have written a program to display the available drives. I want this program to work on all versions of Windows. I have a problem, when I run the program with RunAsAdministrator, it does not display the sharing drive. How can I solve this…
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Mapping drives between V-Nets and Different Domains

Our setup is two domains. V-Nets 10.50.0.0/24 and 10.51.0.0/24 are part of the D2MSAZ.COM domain V-Net 10.54.0.0/24 is in the D2MSAZ2.COM domain Separate Domains/Forests. User accounts in D2MSAZ are “last name+First Initial” User accounts in D2MSAZ2…
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powershell to create mapped drive on gpo

I am trying to automate a process using powershell and as part of that process I want to create a new drive map on a group policy object The image shows how it is done manually with the group policy management editor manual method I have tried using…
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Opening a drive in Explorer after mapping it

I've been trying to wrap my brain around this behaviour for a while. I have a PowerShell script within a module that's supposed to map a drive, then open it in file explorer. The mapping part works, but it falls over when trying to open the drive…
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Does a drive mapping stay mapped if a different user logs onto a PC

So I want to be able to map a drive but when I log out of the PC and someone else logs, I want that drive to still stay mapped. Is this possible?
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Batch script to map between 2 locations

So I map a drive to T \server01\tfolder I need a script which does the following If T is mapped to \server01\tfolder then map it to server02\tolder. But if drive is mapped to \server02\tfolder then map it to \server01\tfolder I am using an else…
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Programmatically Mapping Network Drives on Windows 10

I maintain a drive mapping utility where I work. It's only real purpose is to map network drives. It's been around for a while and has been updated through the years, as operating systems are upgraded. The code for mapping the drives is: …
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Re-using a mapped drive letter but path in windows copy/move dialog always displays path of first mapping

I have written a program in Delphi 10.2 Tokyo to archive users' home folders. The folders are archived after the users' accounts have been deleted from Active Directory. I am using the Windows IFileOperation to do the folder moves. As the program…
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Drive mapping unavailable when added via registry

I want to add drive mapping from my c# app for specific user on remote machine. I'm trying to do it by adding new registry key. When I add new drive mapping in registry, adding new key in: HKEY_USERS\< USER >\Network so, for example, to map…
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Using local shares in place of drive letters possible?

I see cautions about treating network drives as looking like lettered drive. Can you turn it on its head? So. What are the cautions about mapping a drive to a your-choice-of-name share in the usual way. For example share name "01-D-drive". In file…
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How to create PSDrive using credentials?

When I connect to shared "\\ip_address\" folder without using credentials I connect successfully: $driveInfo = New-PSDrive ` -Name $driveName ` -PSProvider "FileSystem" ` -Root $targetDirectory ` -Scope "Script" When I specify credentials…
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