DRIVE MAPPING IN WINDOWSx

[Guest_imported]

Is there any way to map a drive to a 3rd, 4th or 5th level
for example

t:
mapped to \\myotherpc\C\firstdirectory\secondirectory\thirddirectory


is there any special windows feature to do this? I tried

Net Use but it will only allow me to map to the first level directory

help

thanks
jc

 

[dxd]

You may want to try the SUBST command.

After you map a drive to the share in your example:

net use T: \\myotherpc\C\firstlevel

You can use the SUBST command to create virtual drives from the various folders of this share...ex.

SUBST U: T:\secondirectory
-or-
SUBST U: T:\secondirectory\thirddirectory

I think there are even better methods available from the net...freeware and shareware utilities...due to this being a long standing issue.

 

[MiggyD]

Yep, that'll do it

 

[Guest_imported]

SUBST doesn't work on a networked drive!!!

any other ideas?? can anyone give me a link to
some nice s/w that would do the trick?

thanks

 

[rauleigh]

I think you need to look at the SHARING PC. When you share a folder you give it a name e.g. c:\dir1\dir2\dir3 is shared as thirddir. Therefore you should be able to use:-

NET USE X: \\PCNAME\THIRDDIR

and it will connect to the second PC at the appropriate folder.

Maybe I am missing something here but its the sharing end that needs an extra share at whatever folders you require to access.

Regards
Rauleigh [sig][/sig]

 

[Karl Blessing]

um, windows explorer if you just right click the drive while viewing it under network neightborhood, it should say "Map network drive as ..." and you chose like A: thru Z:

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[DavePL]

Try browsing to the folder in Windows Explorer, right click, and choose &quot;map network drive&quot;, and check: &quot;make the folder appear as the top-most level&quot;. That should show higher-level folders. [sig][/sig]