Mapping Network drives

[joeyg2391]

For some reason when i map a network drive, i first get the name of the shared folder then the drive let at the end. Is there a way i can reverse that order

Thanks

 

[phatrabt]

None that I am aware of. Maybe someone else will have an answer.

 

[TGS]

It's showing up like:

<Share name> on <Remote Host> (Drive ?

 

[corkyg]

The actual format is //server/share. How it appears in your Explorer Menu depends on what share name you gave it.

// means network
Server means the name of the machine it is on
Share means the name you gave it for sharing.

You can't change that order because it is a standard convention. Without it, there would be chaos because the computer would have no rules to follow.

 

[TGS]

Actually windows uses backslashes for pulling up network resources. \\servername\share

When you do a net use or gui map a share it should show as:

MyShare on Server01 (D

In Explorer, unless you've done something to you view settings. Again I don't believe that you can change this.

 

[spyordie007]

You could change what it shows in windows explorer by right-clicking on the drive and selecting "rename"

 

[corkyg]

Yeah, TGS - backslashes are correct. Consider them as typos.

Map

 

[JackMDS]

There is few ways to achieve mapping.

Right clicking on the item to be shared yields one form and would from the Folder that is clicked on.

Another way is to choose the Map Netwrok Drive from Tool menu of network connections (or a similar group menu. It will then drill you from the drive down.

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