Mapping a network drive

Mapping of network shares is essential for system administrators. It will help user to easily access network shared resources.

You can access the network share using running UNC path or by going through network.

























After accessing the network resource you can just right click the desired share and click on "Map Network Drive"





You will get a Z: drive on you computer when you log in. You can change available drive letter. or change the login credentials with more privileged user.

You can also use command prompt to map and view network drives.
To see network drives already connected just type the following command in command prompt

net use



To map a network share use the following command
net use z: \\192.168.1.200\softwares
You can also use hostname instead of ip address.
net use z: \\server-01\softwares



can use different user credentials
 net use s: \\192.168.1.200\softwares /user administrator 123



above mapped drives will not persist on reboot. If you want to retain the drive even after rebooting use /P:Yes switch with the command.
net use z: \\server-01\softwares /P:Yes



To delete a particular share drive use following command
net use z: /delete



To delete all network share drives use * instead of drive letter
net use * /delete