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Asked: 2010-01-24 02:21:17 +0800 CST

Mount Remote CIFS/SMB Share as a Folder not a Drive Letter

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Is there any way to mount a remote CIFS/SMB/SAMBA share as a folder/directory and not as a drive letter. For example, I want this map:

\\Server\ShareName -> C:\Folder\ShareName

Instead of the usual map like this:

\\Server\ShareName -> Z:\

The server is Linux/Samba and the client is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. The closest I've found is being able to mount a local volume as a subfolder using the Windows disk manager, but it doesn't appear to handle remote CIFS shares (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889).

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  1. Best Answer

    Just to map a network share directory you would use this command:

    net use \\Server\ShareName\Directory

    This mapping would:

    • not be persistent
    • would have to be established and authenticated at user login
    • you would access the share using the UNC path, and not a local drive letter

    If you want to access the network share through a location on your local C: drive, you'll want to set up a symbolic link:

    mklink /d  C:\Folder\ShareName \\Server\ShareName\Directory

    Now when you navigate to C:\Folder\Share you'll see the contents of \\\Server\Sharename\Directory. You'll still need to provide authentication for the resource with something like net use (or just be logged into a domain account on a domain system that has access) otherwise the link will probably error out angrily.

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  2. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/mountvol.mspx?mfr=true

    From the horses mouth:

    If you are running out of drive letters to use, mount your local volumes with no drive letters.

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  3. Click "Start", then click Computer. You're now in 'My Computer/Explorer'.
    Right-click Computer, and click "Add a network location"
    Then enter the server and share you would like to connect to 

    \\[servername]\[sharename]
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