I am running Windows 7, but this would pertain to earlier versions too.

I have access to a share, I'll call it \\SERVER\Documents. I know how to
mount that to a drive letter. That is not what I want to do. Instead I
want to map it to my C:\Users\username\Documents. Is that even possible?
I have searched online and others have asked this only to be told how to
map to a drive letter. That's NOT what I want.

Thanks,
John

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I think the featureis called folder redirection and requiresa server.

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"John Mayson" wrote in message
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I am running Windows 7, but this would pertain to earlier versions too.

I have access to a share, I'll call it \\SERVER\Documents. I know how to
mount that to a drive letter. That is not what I want to do. Instead I
want to map it to my C:\Users\username\Documents. Is that even possible?
I have searched online and others have asked this only to be told how to
map to a drive letter. That's NOT what I want.

Thanks,
John

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Austin, Texas, USA

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:39 -0600, John Mayson wrote:

I am running Windows 7, but this would pertain to earlier versions too.

I have access to a share, I'll call it \\SERVER\Documents. I know how
to mount that to a drive letter. That is not what I want to do.
Instead I want to map it to my C:\Users\username\Documents. Is that
even possible? I have searched online and others have asked this only to
be told how to map to a drive letter. That's NOT what I want.

Thanks,
John

On a Linux system, you can mount a disk to any folder you want.

ray wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:39 -0600, John Mayson wrote:

I am running Windows 7, but this would pertain to earlier versions too.

I have access to a share, I'll call it \\SERVER\Documents. I know how
to mount that to a drive letter. That is not what I want to do.
Instead I want to map it to my C:\Users\username\Documents. Is that
even possible? I have searched online and others have asked this only to
be told how to map to a drive letter. That's NOT what I want.

Thanks,
John

On a Linux system, you can mount a disk to any folder you want.

So can you on Windows with NTFS. But the OP wants to mount a network
share to a folder, not the same thing as mounting a disk to a folder.

John

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:26 -0400, John John - MVP wrote:

ray wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:39 -0600, John Mayson wrote:

I am running Windows 7, but this would pertain to earlier versions
too.

I have access to a share, I'll call it \\SERVER\Documents. I know how
to mount that to a drive letter. That is not what I want to do.
Instead I want to map it to my C:\Users\username\Documents. Is that
even possible? I have searched online and others have asked this only
to be told how to map to a drive letter. That's NOT what I want.

Thanks,
John

On a Linux system, you can mount a disk to any folder you want.

So can you on Windows with NTFS. But the OP wants to mount a network
share to a folder, not the same thing as mounting a disk to a folder.

John

Ah yes - can do that too - obviously.

ray wrote:
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:26 -0400, John John - MVP wrote:

ray wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:39 -0600, John Mayson wrote:

I am running Windows 7, but this would pertain to earlier versions
too.

I have access to a share, I'll call it \\SERVER\Documents. I know how
to mount that to a drive letter. That is not what I want to do.
Instead I want to map it to my C:\Users\username\Documents. Is that
even possible? I have searched online and others have asked this only
to be told how to map to a drive letter. That's NOT what I want.

Thanks,
John
On a Linux system, you can mount a disk to any folder you want.
So can you on Windows with NTFS. But the OP wants to mount a network
share to a folder, not the same thing as mounting a disk to a folder.

John

Ah yes - can do that too - obviously.

Well, good for you.

John

"John Mayson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, ray wrote:

On a Linux system, you can mount a disk to any folder you want.

Exactly! And I do. :-) But I'm finding myself wanting to do that with
Windows 7. Looks like I can't get there from here.

You want to mount what to a folder, a network share or a local drive?

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:14:44 -0600, John Mayson wrote:

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, ray wrote:

On a Linux system, you can mount a disk to any folder you want.

Exactly! And I do. :-) But I'm finding myself wanting to do that with
Windows 7. Looks like I can't get there from here.

John

I can do it.

Create an empty folder somewhere (but not on the drive you want to mount).
You'll use it at the end.

Get to Disk Management any way you like. I usually click on the start orb,
right click on Computer, & choose Manage (which is slow to appear). Then I
choose Disk Management in there.

Right click on the drive in question, and then choose "Change Drive Letters
and Paths". Click Add and it should be obvious from there.

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John,

Have you attempted to create a map (so you do "mount" it to a
designated letter and then add the location to your documents library.
Libraries are a new feature that was added in Windows 7.

Should you require additional assistance and guidance, Microsoft does
have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ . It
is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support
teams.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team


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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:58:33 -0700, undisclosed wrote:

John,

Have you attempted to create a map (so you do "mount" it to a
designated letter and then add the location to your documents library.
Libraries are a new feature that was added in Windows 7.

Are you addressing me? I'm a bit unsure.

No, I haven't attempted to map it to a drive letter. I don't see any
particular reason to do that, since I can address it more than adequately
through the mount point, and besides, when I want a letter, I simply
*assign* a letter directly, instead of a mount point.

I haven't bothered making the mount point a favorite, mainly because I
never kept one around long enough to make it necessary.

Frankly, I think the drive letter approach is pretty stupid, even after
using it since the mid to late 1970's. Named drives and named mount points,
as in *nix and OS X, seem more rational to me. In my experience,
identifying drives by letters causes more problems than it solves.

Should you require additional assistance and guidance, Microsoft does
have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/ . It
is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support
teams.

If you ask me, most forums are pretty clumsy to use.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team


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