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Location
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To configure a new drive mapping or recreate a drive mapping, type a fully qualified UNC path for the network share (such as \\server\sharename, \\server\hiddenshare$, or \\server\sharename\foldername).
This field accepts preference processing variables. Press F3 to display a list of variables from which you can select.
To modify an existing drive mapping (identified by drive letter), leave this field blank.
This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update.
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Reconnect
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To save this mapped drive in the user's settings and attempt to restore it at each subsequent logon, select this check box. Otherwise, the drive is mapped, but not saved in the user's settings.
This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update.
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Label
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To provide a descriptive label that appears next to the drive letter, type the label in this field.
This field accepts preference processing variables. Press F3 to display a list of variables from which you can select.
This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update.
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Drive Letter
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Select the mapped drives (identified by drive letter) to configure:
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To assign the first available drive letter to the mapped drive, select Use first available, starting at, and then select a drive letter at which to begin checking for availability. This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update.
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To assign a specific drive letter to the mapped drive, select Use, and then select a drive letter. This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update, and if you have typed a location.
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To modify an existing drive mapping (identified by drive letter), select Existing, and then select a drive letter. This option is available only if the Location field is blank, and the action selected is Update.
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To delete all drive mappings from a particular drive letter onward, select Delete all, starting at, and then select a drive letter at which to begin deleting drive mappings. Physical drives are skipped without error. This option is available only if the action selected is Delete.
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To delete a specific mapped drive, select Delete, and then select the drive letter. This option is available only if the action selected is Delete.
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Connect as
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To implement a drive mapping using credentials other than those of the currently logged on user, type the credentials to be used. This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update.
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This password is stored as part of the GPO in SYSVOL and is discoverable, although obscured. If you choose to store passwords in preference items, you should consider creating dedicated accounts for this purpose, and never store administrative passwords in preference items. |
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Hide/Show this drive
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Configure the visibility of the mapped drive:
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To make no change to the visibility of the mapped drive, select No change. This does not take precedence over the Hide/Show all drives setting.
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To prevent the drive from being displayed in Windows Explorer, select Hide this drive. This takes precedence over the Hide/Show all drives setting.
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To allow this drive to be displayed in Windows Explorer, select Show this drive. This takes precedence over the Hide/Show all drives setting.
This option is available only if the action selected is Create, Replace, or Update.
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Hide/Show all drives
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Configure the visibility of all mapped and physical drives in Windows Explorer. The options are comparable to those for Hide/Show this drive, but apply globally to all drives.
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