Backing Up Network Drives and Mapping Network Drives

[Ascii2]

I would like to map, reconfigure, disconnect, backup, and restore network drives without using "Map Network Drive..." or "Disconnect Network Drive..." Windows dialogue boxes.

An example of reconfiguration would be: changing the login information (username/password) used to connect the network drive.

I would appreciate responses with methods or tools to map, reconfigure, disconnect, backup, and restore network drives.

If the mapping, reconfiguring, disconnecting, backing up, and restoring can be also done unattended, I would like to know how.

Any other comments, questions, etc. are welcome.

[jjstals]

Will the "net use" windows command work for what you require to do. This can be placed in batch files,login scripts etc..

The syntax of this command is:

NET USE

[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]

[/uSER:[domainname\]username]

[/uSER:[dotted domain name\]username]

[/uSER:[username@dotted domain name]

[/sMARTCARD]

[/sAVECRED]

[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

With this you can map your drive, set re-connect at logon and disconnect your drive.

[Ascii2]

I shall examine NET.EXE "USE" command.

[g-force]

I use a small tool for that: NetSetMan

It is fully portable and stores it`s settings in an ini-file in the programfolder.

It can do a lot more things than mapping drives - I set my IP-Adress and printer with it too.

Edited August 25, 2009 by g-force

[Ascii2]

I use a small tool for that: NetSetMan

It is fully portable and stores it`s settings in an ini-file in the programfolder.

It can do a lot more things than mapping drives - I set my IP-Adress and printer with it too.

Your link appears to be defective. I am guessing you meant to refer to:

http://www.netsetman.com/index.php?s=nsm

I shall try NetSetMan 2.6.0.

By "set my...printer", do you mean defining/installing a printer? It would be useful if the application could define printers for a user, but not for all users (Windows 2000/XP does not provide any easy way to do it).

[g-force]

I fixed the link - thx.

"I set my printer" means, I define the Standard-Printer.