DirectoryInfo and UNC Paths

Hi all,

I'm using a System.IO.DirectoryInfo object as follows:

Public Function FolderExists(ByVal FolderPath As String) As Boolean
Dim f As New IO.DirectoryInfo(FolderPath)
Return f.Exists
End Function

When I pass in a shared folder that points to a directory from another
computer on the network in the format "\\OtherServer\Profiles" to the
function it returns false. However, if I go into explorer I can browse to
this
directory through the My Network Places it is there. I don't want to have to
map this drive to be able to do this. What exactly am I missing here?

Regards,
Jesse