Network mapping and drive letter

A

Anders Andersson

Hello.
How does network mapping work if I dont use a drive letter.
Ex.
If I map to a network share like this
net use
\\server.mydomain.priv\share\map /user:server\account
password

Is it OK to use this or do I have to use a drive letter?.

The share is on a Windows 2000 Server with no AD.



//Anders Andersson
 
Y

Yor Suiris

A mapped drive is always assigned a drive letter. If you do not say what
drive letter the system will just use the next one in the list i.e. E:\
since you have a C:\ (your hard drive) and maybe a D:\ (your cd).
 
P

Phillip Windell

You can't "map" without a drive letter since that is what "mapping" is
about.

The question is do you really need to "map" at all? What happens if there
are more than 22 resource locations?...there aren't any more letters in the
aphabet. In my opinion 80% of people mapping drives letters don't need to
in the first place. You can access resources just fine using the Network
Path (\\server.mydomain.priv\share\map) and not do any "mapping" at all.
The only thing mapping does is provide an "alias" to a Network Path that
just happens to look like and act like a drive letter. Instead you can just
use Network Paths in the first place and can even create "shortcuts" to
them.
 

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