How to set a network drive to show as a local drive?

[mikeburg]

Is there a way to set a network drive so it shows as merely a local drive letter rather than as Network Drive c$ on'server2001'(z?

mikeburg@gower.net

 

[LesNicholls]

Yes on the server right click the drive to share, choose properties then sharing and share this folder as.... ( give it a drive letter )
Then from the client PCs find the drive through network neigbourhood and right click it and share as a drive name.

 

[mikeburg]

Thanks LesNicholls. I have been doing this but in My Computer the network drive shows as

c$ on 'server2001'(Z.

I need it to merely show as Local Disk (Z

Thank you.

mikeburg@gower.net

 

[bcastner]

You are mapping to hidden Administrative shares and what to change the Explorer labels:

Windows 2000 and XP display a drive description in the MS Explorer GUI, this is stored in the registry.
Win 2K stores a description for each drive letter, XP stores a description for each share.

Win XP registry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##ComputerName#ShareName
_LabelFromReg=<description of drive mapping>
(string REG_SZ)

Windows 2000 registry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints\DriveLetter\_LabelFromReg
Cache = <description of drive mapping>
(REG_BINARY data type)