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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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Batch file read INI file from UNC path

So, I've been working on a batch file to collect specific system information, I've run into a road block with opening an INI file that's on the network installation. So obtaining the path is: for /f "tokens=2*" %%a in ('REG Query…
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Move a file from a SharePoint library to a UNC path

I have a number of files in a document library in SharePoint and the URL paths to those files. I want to be able to move the files from SharePoint to a UNC path location but File.Exists() and File.Move() doesn't work with URL's.
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Python hashlib MD5 digest of any UNC file always yields same hash

The below code shows that three files which are on a UNC share hosted on another machine have the same hash. It also shows that local files have different hashes. Why would this be? I feel that there is some UNC consideration that I don't know…
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Citrix .net app with a directory name invalid

I have a .net application in c# running as an app from Citrix, and has an important function where it's supposed to write a text file to a specified UNC path on the network (ie. \COLL-INT\req\ ). This works as desired from a desktop, but when…
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How does one detect the action of adding/removing of a UNC share with Delphi? (Prev D7)

How does one detect the action of adding/removing a UNC share? I basically just need to know if a share has been added/removed not details about the share itself. A working example would be greatly appreciated. Thanks SB
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VBA Shell command - how to format

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to format a VBA shell command to launch MS Access and preload a network based database. I have tried this with the normal windows path and using a UNC i.e Shell "msaccess.exe…
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File existing test after network lost

I found a problem in different c++ function/way to try if a file exist. Scenario : A timer test if a file exist over a UNC path every x seconds. It works fine. I lost the network. Program hangs during a while... Network is reconnected and now every…
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Power Shell - Copy-Item UNC Path, Cannot Find Path... Does not Exist

I am having an issues with copying an item to a remote computer. I am using credentials for a domain admin to push remote installs. I am able to run this file locally however trying to push MSI file from a remote location it errors out. So i wanted…
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How to pass UNC path from server to client

I have a problem when send a UNC path from server to client. part of my code from server if (data == "file") { // Process the data sent by the client. data =…
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Open a file:// protocol with UNC paths in HTML page

I'm trying to open a file located on a networkshare by giving the anchor tag path = file://///servername/folder/file.docx This works in IE8 and i'm able to open the file in word, however in Firefox nothing happens. I believe it's due to some…
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How to get file's size on UNC path without pushd?

I'm helping a bud fix an application that has recently been changed over to using a UNC path. Before he could use a bat file to run @echo off echo %~z1 to get a file's size. Now the bat file won't work because CMD does not support UNC paths as…
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File.OpenRead() throws UnauthorizedAccessException when a directory with same path exists

When invoking File.OpenRead() on a file on a network share where a folder with the same name (but different casing) exists, UnauthorizedAccessException. This can happen on Linux shares where casing matters. Example: * P: is mapped to…
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managed way of accessing UNC path with authenticaton

Using .net >= 4, is there a way to access UNC path with authentication (without using Win32 API)? Basically for a given folder path, i want to get its directory listing and load file content. I found a 6 year old solution with Win32 API Accessing a…
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How I can use a Powershell Script for copy data from position A to position B?

I want to use a Powershell script for copy a folder recursive to a other position. This must the Powershell todo: copy file and folders from position A to position B UNC PAth must have (for example \net.local\Files\EDV) On position B must all empty…
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How I can copy Data recursive from position A to position B with Powershell?

i want to create a powershell script that can copy data from position a to position b recursive. this must do it with UNC-Paths. On position b must all empty Orders delete. I don't know how I can start :/
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