map local drive

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Herb Segal

Is there a way to map directories on my local "C drive" so they can then be
added as Network Places? When I tried to do this I get a message that these
directories are not available.

I'm looking for a way to move file quickly to directories on my C drive and
thought if I could set them up as Network Places it would make navigating
much quicker.

I know I can add directories under favorites but I have so many web sites
under favorities already.
 
Herb said:
Is there a way to map directories on my local "C drive" so they can
then be added as Network Places? When I tried to do this I get a
message that these directories are not available.

I'm looking for a way to move file quickly to directories on my C
drive and thought if I could set them up as Network Places it would
make navigating much quicker.

I know I can add directories under favorites but I have so many web
sites under favorities already.
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Hank's reply should work, but I wouldn't think this would affect
speed/performance at all - if you're moving or copying a lot of files and
running into problems, look into robocopy from the resource kit (command
line utility) or check out xcopy (built in command line utility).
 
I'm sorry but I'm confused by the reply.

When I am in Explorer and I try and map a drive to for instance
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users" I get an error message "the network
path could not be found"

Is there a workaround?

I don't understand what "net use x: \\client\C$" means

Herb Segal
 
Betty Segal said:
I'm sorry but I'm confused by the reply.

When I am in Explorer and I try and map a drive to for instance
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users" I get an error message "the network
path could not be found"

Is there a workaround?
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Yes, you must use the SHARE offered by the machine you
wish to 'use' -- not the actual driver path ON that machine.
(see below...)
I don't understand what "net use x: \\client\C$" means
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He is using \\Client\C$ to present the machine named
"Client" (yours would be something else of course) and
the default Admin share C$ on the "client" machine.

Maybe "server" would have been a better example name:

Net use x: \\Server\MyShareName

(It's a poor practice so use that share for non-admin
purposes but all of us do it on occasion and it makes
for a quick example.)

BTW: X: would be the driver you CHOOSE to assign
to that path (on the "client" machine.)

You execute the "net use" command from the command
prompt but it is functionally equivalent to the Explorer
drive mapping dialogs.
 
The original question was how to share a local C: drive and copy files to
that local drive. This means, to me, that he is logged onto a server (e.g.,
TS or Citrix) and wants to be able to map a local drive onto his lost
session. In this case, the \\Client is the local machine logged onto the
server. It's a system/generic assignment. To verify that, try opening
Start\Run and enter \\client. You should see all the shares that exist. C$
is a default share. If they are, indeed, logged into a TS or Citrix session,
the command should work unless the GPO (or Citrix) has been set up to
disable mapping of local drives.
 
First you must set the Share Properties on "C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users". Right click on the folder, Select Properties. Then go to the Sharing
Tab. Give the folder a Share Name and set your permission level.
Then Try to map the drive using \\ComputerName\ShareName.
Good Luck.
 
Hank Arnold said:
The original question was how to share a local C: drive and copy files to
that local drive. This means, to me, that he is logged onto a server (e.g.,
TS or Citrix) and wants to be able to map a local drive onto his lost
session. In this case, the \\Client is the local machine logged onto the
server. It's a system/generic assignment. To verify that, try opening
Start\Run and enter \\client. You should see all the shares that exist. C$
is a default share. If they are, indeed, logged into a TS or Citrix session,
the command should work unless the GPO (or Citrix) has been set up to
disable mapping of local drives.
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Then the intermediate answers are backwards (as well as
the example names be badly chosen.)

It would not involve "Net Use" but rather "Net Share" on
the server -- or the GUI equivalent.

One of the problems seems to be that the original question
used a quite a bit of imprecise terminology and no one
correct all of that explicitly -- or clarified that something
else was intended.

So let's back up and fix the original request (or find out what
was really intended):
be
added as Network Places? When I tried to do this I get a message that these
directories are not available.

'Mapping' is the term normally used to mean "mappng a drive letter, e.g.,
H: or X:, on the local machine so that it refers to a Shared directory on
a file server."

"Net Use" or the GUI equivalent allows this.

BUT....
Sharing a directory would involve the "Net Share" command or GUI
equivalent -- right click the directory and use properties.
and
thought if I could set them up as Network Places it would make navigating
much quicker.

If you wish to do this through shares it is possible but that is ineffecient
and perhaps you really just want an ALIAS?

You can do that by changing the "path" to a drive or directory but the
GUI tool (Disk Management) for this is not fully capable of doing everything
you might wish so the command line tool "LinkD" is preferred but somewhat
dangerous so use.

It is dangerous because you can wipe out a directory with all subdirectories
and contents if you misuse it.

Another approach to "alias" a drive is the SUBST (substitute) command.

The allows you to assign a (bare) drive letter to an existing path/directory
on any existing drive.

under favorities already.

Perhaps you just need to organize your favorites hierarchically, rather than
having them all at the top.
 
In my opinion a better option is to smiply use the SUBST command:

SUBST J: c:\documents and settings\username\desktop

No shares or permissions to worry about.
 
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