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A UNC path unambiguously specifies the location of a volume, directory, file or other local or remote resource on Windows.

On Windows, a UNC path specifies the location of a local or remote resource, including files, directories, volumes and more. UNC path generalize traditional file paths. A UNC path has the form \\Hostname\Folder\Resource. A UNCW path (long UNC) has the form \\?\UNC\Hostname\Folder\Resource.

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Access UNC from .net core 2.2

I need to read some files from UNC. That shouldn't be a problem for .net framework but in case of .net core 2.2 that seems like mission impossible. WindowsImpersonationContext is not supported by .net Core and impersonation done by some of the…
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IIS Application Pool User can't access UNC drive

I have a VM running Windows 2012 R2, on which are running a web site, Rest API, and a couple of services. The services and Rest APIs need access to a specific UNC path, which requires a username and password to authenticate. So, I set up a User,…
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I have code that can access windows shared folder on remote machine in one part of code, but not other. What might I be missing?

I have a file share on another machine that can be accesses using UNC paths such as \\machine01\sharefldr\resources\hydrant.jpg In one part of my code, I am already accessing files in this location. I making a separate thing and wanted to access…
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StreamReader constructor prefixes UNC with working directory

I'm initializing a System.IO.StreamReader by passing a string which contains a UNC Path, but the StreamReader ctor is prefixing the UNC path with the working directory, resulting in a System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException. The UNC path is stored in…
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How to refresh unc path cache?

I've been experiencing the following issue. I have a database attached to a remote sql server. All needed impersonation actions are done - in other words I have all needed access to both file system and sql server. Let's say I have FileStreanDB1 sql…
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PowerShell Test-Path UNC Access Denied only via Scheduled Task

PowerShell 3 Windows 2012 Major Minor Build Revision 3 0 -1 -1 I have a few PowerShell scripts that were working for the last few years. Now they can't seem to run successfully via a Scheduled Task. If I manually run the…
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How to pass unc credential in .net core

I need to save file on a unc location using .net core web api. The location could be accessed with correct username & password combo. Following piece of code does not work, I mean when I try to create directory.I am afraid I am not passing…
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UNC Path on os.system() not supported

I am trying to run a program from an os.system() that takes a number of command line arguments call. Some of these arguments point to directories on a network that obviously have a UNC path. Python interpreter is giving back the following: CMD.EXE…
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Vim slow over UNC paths

I am experiencing some very painful lag when accessing directories/files over UNC paths using gVim 7.3 on Windows Vista. It is slow reading/writing files, as well as tab completiong of directory/file names when opening new buffers. I don't notice…
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Check if Network Share(UNC Path) is accessable by windows service from Desktop Application

I'm installing the service as a remotemachine user in the same workgroup because the service running as localmachine user does not have rights to access a network location. I have a desktop application that sets the network location in the…
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Problem with Gradle and UNC path under Jenkins

Got this error after moving %JENKINS_HOME% to a UNC from a local directory. Any idea how to fix this? We use Windows server 2008 and it seems like there is no way to do hard link to a UNC under Server 2008. Has anyone ran into this problem? All…
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File.OpenRead access using UNC path. Impersonation not working?

Is there a reason Impersonation does not seem to work with a UNC path using File.OpenRead()? I'm utilizing CodeProject's Impersonation utility: I have a user with rights to the share that I'm passing to OpenRead(). This is my code and it's not…
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Server.MapPath not accepting UNC URL

I'm having a bit of trouble loading an XML file with ASP. This is the location of the XML file (it's a UNC url): \\ilife104\teamdisk\Shared\Integration\System\dev\Data\prcImportFactSetFeeds\fileList.xml And this is my code: <% 'load the XML…
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Batch file commands to remove files from network drive

I'm trying to remove application logs from shared drive for periodically, ForFiles /p "\\netapp-1\Transfers\Logs\QA" /s /d -15 /c "cmd /c del @file" The above command is working when the path is my local drive, but its not working for shared drive,…
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Include unc path in file size output from powershell

I'm very new to powershell. I have a txt file with a subset of UNC paths to directories that i need to determine the size of each of them. I've come up with the following which is working as intended but i have a couple of problems. FUNCTION…
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