Windows XP Practical Tips: Automatically Map Network Drive

  
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If you use file sharing in Windows frequently, you may know that you can not only browse shared files through "My Network Places" in Windows system, but also In the address bar of "My Computer", enter: share the computer name to browse shared files. For example: "\\computername\\sharename\\path\\filename".

However, using shared computer names to browse shared files can be cumbersome. Is there an easy way to browse shared files? We can simplify the process of browsing shared files by "mapping network drives".

Windows system provides several ways to "map network drive". In command line mode, we can use: "NET USE \\ computer name \\ share name \\ path". In addition to using commands to implement, you can also pass the "Start" Right click on the Network Neighborhood and select “Map Network Drive.” In the pop-up window (shown in Figure 1), you can directly enter the “\\Computer Name\\Shared Path” mapping network drive, or click on Figure 1. “Browse” to find the shared content that exists in the current LAN.

Figure 1 Mapping the network drive
In addition to the above, you can also find it in the “Tools” menu in “My Computer”. Map Network Drives project.
The above describes several methods for "mapping network drives". This step can be dispensed with by searching for a fixed shared directory as "mapped network drive".
Editor: Zhf


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