Networking Favourites....

[Guest]

Hello.

I've recently set up wireless internet and wireless printing for a friend.
He would now like to know if it's possible to drop files onto his networked
Desktop (XP HOME)from his Wirelessly Networked Laptop (XPHOME).

I have from TOOLS>MAP NETWORK DRIVE managaged to locate, and connect to the
desktop (only folder he requested). He is very happy dropping and dragging
files from this.


However, he's a bit of a novice and doesn't particularly want to set this up
for himself each time.

BUT he doesn't want it to try to connect at startup (and receive the error
message) as his laptop is used in many location where access to his pc is not
available.

Is it possible to SAVE the network drive into a sort of Favourite and then
it connect when he calls it up?

I have tried adding it to the favourites of his explorer. This works, but as
soon as I disconnect the drive (simulating the laptop being at a different
location) I recieve this red question mark (?) over it in my favourites list.
Then when I try to connect to the drive from the favourites list, it says
there is an error, it cannot connect.

Is there a way that I can make it connect to the drive by doing something
simple, eg. choosing it from a favourite, or running a small app?

Cheers for your help. He will appreciate it

DAN

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

You could:

Open NotePad, enter the following (x: = whatever drive letter you want) and
save the file as MapDrive.bat

net use X: \\DesktopName\ShareName /persistent:no

Create a shortcut to this file and place it on the laptop's desktop - double
clicking on it will map the drive.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hello.

I've recently set up wireless internet and wireless printing for a friend.
He would now like to know if it's possible to drop files onto his networked
Desktop (XP HOME)from his Wirelessly Networked Laptop (XPHOME).

I have from TOOLS>MAP NETWORK DRIVE managaged to locate, and connect to the
desktop (only folder he requested). He is very happy dropping and dragging
files from this.


However, he's a bit of a novice and doesn't particularly want to set this up
for himself each time.

BUT he doesn't want it to try to connect at startup (and receive the error
message) as his laptop is used in many location where access to his pc is not
available.

Is it possible to SAVE the network drive into a sort of Favourite and then
it connect when he calls it up?

I have tried adding it to the favourites of his explorer. This works, but as
soon as I disconnect the drive (simulating the laptop being at a different
location) I recieve this red question mark (?) over it in my favourites list.
Then when I try to connect to the drive from the favourites list, it says
there is an error, it cannot connect.

Is there a way that I can make it connect to the drive by doing something
simple, eg. choosing it from a favourite, or running a small app?

Cheers for your help. He will appreciate it

DAN

If I understand your question, your friend wants his Desktop computer
to be able to access files that are stored on his Laptop computer. If
I got that backward, reverse the roles of Desktop and Laptop in my
reply.

On the Desktop, create a shortcut to the Laptop's shared folder:

1. Right-click an empty spot on the Windows desktop.

2. Click New.

3. Click Shortcut.

4. Specify the location of the item in this format, substituting the
Laptop computer's name and the name of its shared folder:

\\computer\share

5. Click Next.

6. Specify a name for the shortcut.

7. Click Finish.

When the two computers are networked together, clicking the shortcut
will access the shared folder.
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[Guest]

Thankyou for your help. I will try to impliment this as soon as I'm next there.

 

[Guest]

Thankyou for your help. I will try to impliment this as soon as I'm next there.


When you say DESKTOP NAME, what is it that you actually mean?

persistant:no are NOT variables right.....?


Cheers

DAN
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Dan Walters

You could:

Open NotePad, enter the following (x: = whatever drive letter you want) and
save the file as MapDrive.bat

net use X: \\DesktopName\ShareName /persistent:no

Create a shortcut to this file and place it on the laptop's desktop - double
clicking on it will map the drive.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

DesktopName = the name of the desktop computer. This is the name which
appears when you browse to the machine. If you are not sure, right click on
My Computer and select the Computer Name tab. /persistent:no is just a
command line switch which ensures that the drive will not try to remap upon
restart.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

Thankyou for your help. I will try to impliment this as soon as I'm next there.


When you say DESKTOP NAME, what is it that you actually mean?

persistant:no are NOT variables right.....?


Cheers

DAN

 

[Guest]

Thankyou for your help! It works brilliantly.

Just one further question if you wouldn't mind. I have created another
mapdrive.bat file for MY system.

I would like it to be able to connect to an online server location;

http://idisk.mac.com/danielwalters

I have managed to put this into my .bat "template" you have already given me.
It then asks me for my username, for which I type in my credentials, then it
asks me for my password for this account, however it doesn't let me type this
in. It won't allow me to input into the command prompt. :S

How can I make it to accept my keyboard inputs as my password?

It would also be brilliant if you could tell me how I can make it
automatically put in my username, and just request my password.

Thankyou for your time!

DAN
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Dan Walters

You could:

Open NotePad, enter the following (x: = whatever drive letter you want) and
save the file as MapDrive.bat

net use X: \\DesktopName\ShareName /persistent:no

Create a shortcut to this file and place it on the laptop's desktop - double
clicking on it will map the drive.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP