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I have mapped a network drive as my H: drive, but now the
SA needs the letter H: to create a private home drive. I
have over 2000 computers and 12 servers. How do I find
out the original path of the mapped drive? My SA is not
sure either. Can this even be done?
 
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Greetings --

Have you tried single left-clicking on the "H:" drive's icon in
the My Computer folder and reading the path that's displayed as part
of the volume name? Unless you've gone to great lengths to disable
the feature, each mapped network drive will be clearly labeled
something like "sharename on computername (H:)"


Bruce Chambers
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"Wohlhut" <wohlhut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:19b5d01c44d9b$052384e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I have mapped a network drive as my H: drive, but now the
> SA needs the letter H: to create a private home drive. I
> have over 2000 computers and 12 servers. How do I find
> out the original path of the mapped drive? My SA is not
> sure either. Can this even be done?
 
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Yes, unfortunatley I have renamed the default name to something else. When I left click on it it says "Fire Studies (H:)". I need to remap it to the I: drive, so computer services can map my private home drive as an H: drive. If I delete or diconnect the mapped H: drive (Fire Studies), I will not know where this information is stored on the network. It could take days to find this information again.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Greetings --
>
> Have you tried single left-clicking on the "H:" drive's icon in
> the My Computer folder and reading the path that's displayed as part
> of the volume name? Unless you've gone to great lengths to disable
> the feature, each mapped network drive will be clearly labeled
> something like "sharename on computername (H:)"
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
> --
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. - RAH
>
>
> "Wohlhut" <wohlhut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:19b5d01c44d9b$052384e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > I have mapped a network drive as my H: drive, but now the
> > SA needs the letter H: to create a private home drive. I
> > have over 2000 computers and 12 servers. How do I find
> > out the original path of the mapped drive? My SA is not
> > sure either. Can this even be done?
>
>
>
 
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If you go to a command prompt and type

net use <enter>

what do you see for H?

Moving forward, your domain should be using login scripts that delete &
remap all drives, with the /persistent:no switch - no locally mapped drives
should be used. Avoids problems like this in the future.

Wohlhut wrote:
> Yes, unfortunatley I have renamed the default name to something
> else. When I left click on it it says "Fire Studies (H:)". I need
> to remap it to the I: drive, so computer services can map my private
> home drive as an H: drive. If I delete or diconnect the mapped H:
> drive (Fire Studies), I will not know where this information is
> stored on the network. It could take days to find this information
> again.
>
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>
>> Greetings --
>>
>> Have you tried single left-clicking on the "H:" drive's icon in
>> the My Computer folder and reading the path that's displayed as part
>> of the volume name? Unless you've gone to great lengths to disable
>> the feature, each mapped network drive will be clearly labeled
>> something like "sharename on computername (H:)"
>>
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>> --
>> Help us help you:
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
>> having both at once. - RAH
>>
>>
>> "Wohlhut" <wohlhut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:19b5d01c44d9b$052384e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I have mapped a network drive as my H: drive, but now the
>>> SA needs the letter H: to create a private home drive. I
>>> have over 2000 computers and 12 servers. How do I find
>>> out the original path of the mapped drive? My SA is not
>>> sure either. Can this even be done?
 
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Lanwench,

That worked awesome. I also found another way by accident. If you select Tools/Disconnect Network Drive... from any folder it will ask you which drive to disconnect. I found the H: drive and the path to it. Thanks for all your help.

Wohlhut

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> If you go to a command prompt and type
>
> net use <enter>
>
> what do you see for H?
>
> Moving forward, your domain should be using login scripts that delete &
> remap all drives, with the /persistent:no switch - no locally mapped drives
> should be used. Avoids problems like this in the future.
>
> Wohlhut wrote:
> > Yes, unfortunatley I have renamed the default name to something
> > else. When I left click on it it says "Fire Studies (H:)". I need
> > to remap it to the I: drive, so computer services can map my private
> > home drive as an H: drive. If I delete or diconnect the mapped H:
> > drive (Fire Studies), I will not know where this information is
> > stored on the network. It could take days to find this information
> > again.
> >
> > "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings --
> >>
> >> Have you tried single left-clicking on the "H:" drive's icon in
> >> the My Computer folder and reading the path that's displayed as part
> >> of the volume name? Unless you've gone to great lengths to disable
> >> the feature, each mapped network drive will be clearly labeled
> >> something like "sharename on computername (H:)"
> >>
> >>
> >> Bruce Chambers
> >> --
> >> Help us help you:
> >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >>
> >> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> >> having both at once. - RAH
> >>
> >>
> >> "Wohlhut" <wohlhut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> >> news:19b5d01c44d9b$052384e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >>> I have mapped a network drive as my H: drive, but now the
> >>> SA needs the letter H: to create a private home drive. I
> >>> have over 2000 computers and 12 servers. How do I find
> >>> out the original path of the mapped drive? My SA is not
> >>> sure either. Can this even be done?
>
>
>
 
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Glad it's resolved - thanks for posting back.

Wohlhut wrote:
> Lanwench,
>
> That worked awesome. I also found another way by accident. If you
> select Tools/Disconnect Network Drive... from any folder it will ask
> you which drive to disconnect. I found the H: drive and the path to
> it. Thanks for all your help.
>
> Wohlhut
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> If you go to a command prompt and type
>>
>> net use <enter>
>>
>> what do you see for H?
>>
>> Moving forward, your domain should be using login scripts that
>> delete & remap all drives, with the /persistent:no switch - no
>> locally mapped drives should be used. Avoids problems like this in
>> the future.
>>
>> Wohlhut wrote:
>>> Yes, unfortunatley I have renamed the default name to something
>>> else. When I left click on it it says "Fire Studies (H:)". I need
>>> to remap it to the I: drive, so computer services can map my private
>>> home drive as an H: drive. If I delete or diconnect the mapped H:
>>> drive (Fire Studies), I will not know where this information is
>>> stored on the network. It could take days to find this information
>>> again.
>>>
>>> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings --
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried single left-clicking on the "H:" drive's icon in
>>>> the My Computer folder and reading the path that's displayed as
>>>> part of the volume name? Unless you've gone to great lengths to
>>>> disable the feature, each mapped network drive will be clearly
>>>> labeled something like "sharename on computername (H:)"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bruce Chambers
>>>> --
>>>> Help us help you:
>>>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>>
>>>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
>>>> having both at once. - RAH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Wohlhut" <wohlhut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:19b5d01c44d9b$052384e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> I have mapped a network drive as my H: drive, but now the
>>>>> SA needs the letter H: to create a private home drive. I
>>>>> have over 2000 computers and 12 servers. How do I find
>>>>> out the original path of the mapped drive? My SA is not
>>>>> sure either. Can this even be done?