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Mapping a network *folder* programmatically
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Visual FoxPro
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Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01651049
Message ID:
01651060
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>>You can map a network *share* to a drive letter with WSH using the MapNetworkDrive method. objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive(strLocalDrive, strRemoteShare, [persistent], [strUser], [strPassword])
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>>But I want to map a network *folder* to a drive letter.
>>You can do it from Windows Explorer by highlighting the folder and clicking Easy Access > Map as Drive.
>>You can also do it from the command line with NET USE because it allows you to add a "volume" to form the complete path that you want to map "\\ComputerName\ShareName\Volume"
>>--> net use [{devicename | *}] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [{password | *}]] [/user:[domainname\]username] [/user:[dotteddomainname\]username] [/user:[username@dotteddomainname] [/home {devicename | *} [{password | *}]] [/persistent:{yes | no}] [/smartcard] [/savecred] [/delete] [/help] [/?]
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>>Is there a windows-native way to do this?
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>Is this to be mapped from within an application?
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>If yes, I do not recall the last time I used drive letter as is from within an application. There is just too many factors which could make it no longer workable. I always use fully qualified UNC approach, which is used from a global application property, for example, and that would always work.

Good suggestion but for compatibility with previous code I need a letter.

Thanks
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