check if remote computer exists

[Mathias S]

How do I check if "\\Computer42" exists. I want to check before I work on some files that are located on a share on that machine.

[David Crow]

How about NetServerGetInfo(L"Computer42", 100, ...)? It will return ERROR_BAD_NETPATH if the machine does not exist.

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[Mathias S]

Thank you. It worked very well. /Mathias S.