Windows 8 Bible

Mapping Drive Letters to Shared Folders

Some programs require that you assign a drive letter to remote resources. You can assign any unused drive letter to a resource. For example, if you already have drives A: through F: in use, you can assign drive letters G: through Z: to any shared resource. Use the following steps to map a drive letter to a shared folder:

1. Go to the computer on which you need to assign a drive letter to a remote shared resource.

2. Open any folder (such as the Computer folder), choose the Computer tab, and click Map Network Drive. The Map Network Drive dialog box opens.

3. Click the Browse button if the Folder entry is not filled in already to open the Browse For Folder dialog box.

4. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, click the name of the shared resource to which you want to map a drive letter, so its name is selected (highlighted). For example, in Figure 51.5, we’re about to map the drive letter Y: to the shared Download folder on a computer named Rob-PC.

FIGURE 51.5 Map Network Drive dialog box

5. Click OK.

6. If you want the drive to be mapped automatically each time you log on, select the Reconnect At Sign-In check box.

7. Click Finish.

The remote resource will open. You can close that folder and also close the Network folder. Because you’ve mapped a drive letter to the remote resource, it will appear in your Computer folder. In Figure ...