December 2000
Beginner to intermediate
304 pages
8h 1m
English
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Quickly open a shared network folder
Whether you work with network folders all the time or very seldom, you probably want to be able to access those shared folders quickly. While you can browse through My Network Places each time to get to the folder, that isn’t a very efficient use of your time. You can take advantage of a few quicker methods to speed up access to those network resources.
Map a drive letter to the folder
You can map a local drive (volume) letter to any shared network folder. The folder then shows up in My Computer with the folder as the root of the volume. You can choose to have Windows 2000 map the drive letter to the folder each time you log on and, if needed, connect with a username other than your current logon name. Here’s how to map a drive letter to a shared folder:
Browse the network and locate the share you want to map, then right-click the share and choose Map Network Drive. Or, right-click My Network Places and choose Connect Network Drive.
Specify the UNC path to the folder in the Folder text box. If you opened the Map Network Drive dialog box by right-clicking a share point, the folder path is already filled in for you.
Select “Reconnect at logon” if you want Windows 2000 to automatically reconnect the drive to the share each time you log on. Deselect this option if you want a one-time mapping.
Click “Different user name” if you want to connect to the share using a user account other than the current logon account (such as the administrator account ...
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