Why map a folder?

[MALFIE]

hope this is too basic a question for this area but I need to explain to a client why it is worthwhile mapping a folder on a peer-to-peer network that holds a large number of WORD templates and documents.
I know accounting packages strongly advise doing this in regards to their specific folder/s but I just wonder if someone could give me a couple of good reasons to do this.
My understanding is that it defines the exact location rather than going through a normal volume. My client thinks a shortcut does the same thing, I otherwise but need to assure him (and know a bit more about the subject).
Can anyone oblige??

 

[ReddLefty]

Actually, the mapped drives in a Windows environment was only to support Novell. I just became handy to have and people got used to it, but Windows can work entirely with UNC paths.

There are advantages if you are moving stuff around and some older software do not support UNC paths, so if you have any of those two reasons, then you might want to have at least 1 mapped drive.

I basically reduce all my network drives to 1 drive, for just those compatibilty reasons.



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[stravis]

A mapped drive is also much easier to access from open/new/save dialogs from within Word.