Managing Files, Folders, and Search Methods
Windows 2000 Professional allows you to map drives directly to shared subfolders on the network. For example, in previous versions of Windows, you mapped drives to \\ servername \ sharename . In Windows 2000, you can map drives to \\ servername \ sharename \ subsharenname .
You can use the Add Network Place wizard to connect to frequently accessed network resources. Mapped network drives do not appear in My Network Places. To view mapped drives, use My Computer or the Address bar as shown in the Figure 9.5.
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Figure 9.5 Mapped Drive as Viewed on the Address Bar in My Network Places
Group Policy Setting That Affects My Network Places
Table 9.13 lists a Group Policy setting that affects the History folder and provides a brief description of it. Before you change a Group Policy setting, you should be familiar with using Group Policy and MMC snap-ins. To make changes to this setting, you must log on as a member of the Administrators group. You can find this Group Policy setting by using the Group Policy MMC snap-in and then following this path:
Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Desktop.
Table 9.13 Group Policy Setting That Affects My Network Places
Group Policy Setting |
Description |
|---|---|
Do not add shares of recently opened documents to My Network Places |
Prevents the system from adding a connection to shared folders accessed through My Network Places. |
You can find the Group Policy settings listed in Table 9.14 by using the Group Policy MMC snap-in and then following this path:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer.
Table 9.14 Group Policy Settings That Affect My Network Places
Group Policy Setting |
Description |
|---|---|
Remove Map Network Drive and Disconnect Network Drive |
Prevents users from using Windows Explorer or My Network Places to connect to other computers or to close existing connections. |
No Entire Network in My Network Places |
Removes all computers outside the user's workgroup from lists of network resources in Windows Explorer and My Network Places. |
No Computers Near Me in My Network Places |
Removes computers in the user's workgroup and domain from lists of network resources in Windows Explorer and My Network Places. |