Win2K Pro - Network share mounting?
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How do we mount network share to the directory on Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro? I know that there is a way to mount local drive using mountvol, or we can mount multiple shares to the root point using dfs in the Windows 2000 domain. Thank you. - Boris
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How do we mount network share to the directory on Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro? I know that there is a way to mount local drive using mountvol, or we can mount multiple shares to the root point using dfs in the Windows 2000 domain. Thank you. - Boris
Boris, if it is done by the user/admin, just open Explorer and use Tools>Map drive from the menu. Start with a computer name such as "\\server\c\documents". Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon here) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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Boris, if it is done by the user/admin, just open Explorer and use Tools>Map drive from the menu. Start with a computer name such as "\\server\c\documents". Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon here) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Thank you for the response, but I think you misunderstood my questions. I just wanted to mount a remote share to my local directory path such as: \\server\share - mount to - c:\mydirectory, so that I can use the share by accessing a local directory. In Win2k and XP this is possible with the local drive, and on the Win2K server side by using DFS. I was just wandering how to overcame a 26 letters limitation :) - Boris -Boris
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Thank you for the response, but I think you misunderstood my questions. I just wanted to mount a remote share to my local directory path such as: \\server\share - mount to - c:\mydirectory, so that I can use the share by accessing a local directory. In Win2k and XP this is possible with the local drive, and on the Win2K server side by using DFS. I was just wandering how to overcame a 26 letters limitation :) - Boris -Boris
OK, there are utilities that let you emulate a CD-ROM drive with a local directory which should do it. I haven't used them myself but one called VSUBST looks right. Visit http://www.nonags.com and looks under Disk managing tools. Second time lucky....... Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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OK, there are utilities that let you emulate a CD-ROM drive with a local directory which should do it. I haven't used them myself but one called VSUBST looks right. Visit http://www.nonags.com and looks under Disk managing tools. Second time lucky....... Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon) Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Thank you, but you do not need any third party utilities to mount a local drive. The mountvol command will do the job. I was just asking about network share mounting, but I guess it's not possible :( -Boris
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Thank you for the response, but I think you misunderstood my questions. I just wanted to mount a remote share to my local directory path such as: \\server\share - mount to - c:\mydirectory, so that I can use the share by accessing a local directory. In Win2k and XP this is possible with the local drive, and on the Win2K server side by using DFS. I was just wandering how to overcame a 26 letters limitation :) - Boris -Boris
Corto Maltese wrote: I just wanted to mount a remote share to my local directory path Impossible with current OS. You'd have to create your own Reparse Point kernel-mode driver and... Well, it's messy. Have a look at the "Junction Points" article here at CP to get a feeling of how messy it is just to mount local volumes on a directory. Windows was never intended for such "advanced" tasks. :-<