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  • R RaviRanjanKr

    Priya Prk wrote:

    In win xp this works fine, but in windows7 i can only see the local drives.

    how that is possible to see the local drives after using given code. It will display only when you will use DriveType.Fixed [as I know] Check your code it only display Network Drives Name not LocalDrives Name because Response.Write(d.Name) only works and print the Name of Drives when DriveType will equals to DriveType.Network Take a look you've applied condition.

    Priya Prk wrote:

    if (d.DriveType == DriveType.Network) { Response.Write(d.Name); }

    modified on Friday, January 14, 2011 5:19 AM

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    OriginalGriff
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    I think what he means is that d.DriveType == DriveType.Network is never true under Windows 7, while it is under Windows XP. If you look, the OP does say that the code works under XP...

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    • P Priya Prk

      Dear all, Im using this code to get the names of shared network drives in my computer:

      DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
      foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
      {
      if (d.DriveType == DriveType.Network)
      {
      Response.Write(d.Name);
      }
      }

      In win xp this works fine, but in windows7 i can only see the local drives. Any idea why ? and how to solve this? Thanks in advance.

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      Goutam Patra
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      I have checked your code but it works in Windows 7 also!

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        I think what he means is that d.DriveType == DriveType.Network is never true under Windows 7, while it is under Windows XP. If you look, the OP does say that the code works under XP...

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        Priya Prk
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        Hi all, My bad. OriginaGriff is right.. DriveType.Network is never true.

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        • G Goutam Patra

          I have checked your code but it works in Windows 7 also!

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          Priya Prk
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          Hi Goutam Patra, It does not work in my envoirment. i can see the drives in windowns explorer , but not with my code. And if i try to read a file from a directory in network drive(i have read permissions) , im getting: Could not find a part of the path \\network\dir

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          • G Goutam Patra

            I have checked your code but it works in Windows 7 also!

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            RaviRanjanKr
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            Goutam Patra wrote:

            I have checked your code but it works in Windows 7 also!

            are you sure you are able to see Network Drive as well as Local Drive by using OP codes.

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            • P Priya Prk

              Dear all, Im using this code to get the names of shared network drives in my computer:

              DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
              foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
              {
              if (d.DriveType == DriveType.Network)
              {
              Response.Write(d.Name);
              }
              }

              In win xp this works fine, but in windows7 i can only see the local drives. Any idea why ? and how to solve this? Thanks in advance.

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              Pete OHanlon
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              Try using WMI instead. The following code should get a list of network drives:

              public static List<string> FindNetworkDrives()
              {
              List<string> networkDrives = new List<string>();
              SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("select name from win32_logicaldisk where drivetype=4");
              ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
              foreach (ManagementObject obj in searcher.Get())
              {
              networkDrives.Add(obj["Name"]);
              }
              return networkDrives;
              }

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              • R RaviRanjanKr

                Goutam Patra wrote:

                I have checked your code but it works in Windows 7 also!

                are you sure you are able to see Network Drive as well as Local Drive by using OP codes.

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                Goutam Patra
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                Absolutely.

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                • P Pete OHanlon

                  Try using WMI instead. The following code should get a list of network drives:

                  public static List<string> FindNetworkDrives()
                  {
                  List<string> networkDrives = new List<string>();
                  SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("select name from win32_logicaldisk where drivetype=4");
                  ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);
                  foreach (ManagementObject obj in searcher.Get())
                  {
                  networkDrives.Add(obj["Name"]);
                  }
                  return networkDrives;
                  }

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                  Priya Prk
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                  Hi Pete O'Hanlon, I did try your code, but unfortunately still no results.

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                  • P Priya Prk

                    Dear all, Im using this code to get the names of shared network drives in my computer:

                    DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
                    foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
                    {
                    if (d.DriveType == DriveType.Network)
                    {
                    Response.Write(d.Name);
                    }
                    }

                    In win xp this works fine, but in windows7 i can only see the local drives. Any idea why ? and how to solve this? Thanks in advance.

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                    Luc Pattyn
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                    My guess would be you have a problem with permissions on your Win7 machine; nothing wrong with all the code you tried. :)

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                    • L Luc Pattyn

                      My guess would be you have a problem with permissions on your Win7 machine; nothing wrong with all the code you tried. :)

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                      Priya Prk
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                      I think also it had to do with permissions, but dont understand how, i tried to get files via asp.net fileupload control from those network drives, no problems...but when i try to read the same file with StreamReader im getting again that error.

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                      • P Priya Prk

                        I think also it had to do with permissions, but dont understand how, i tried to get files via asp.net fileupload control from those network drives, no problems...but when i try to read the same file with StreamReader im getting again that error.

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                        Dave Kreskowiak
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                        Uhhh, what? How does a web app fit into all this?? There's something you're not telling us that's affecting this problem or causing it.

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                        • P Priya Prk

                          Dear all, Im using this code to get the names of shared network drives in my computer:

                          DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
                          foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
                          {
                          if (d.DriveType == DriveType.Network)
                          {
                          Response.Write(d.Name);
                          }
                          }

                          In win xp this works fine, but in windows7 i can only see the local drives. Any idea why ? and how to solve this? Thanks in advance.

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                          jschell
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                          Priya Prk wrote:

                          but in windows7 i can only see the local drives.

                          1. Create a sample class/project console application that ONLY does this code and prints the results via System.Console. 2. Open a console window in Windows 7. 3. Run that app. 4. If it does NOT display the network drives then remove the condition check and run again. Post that class, the complete class, and the output if it does not report the drives. If it does report the drives then it means the context of your original app, not the code, is the source of your problem.

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