Mapping a network drive — also known as “mounting” a drive — allows you to create an easy access point to specific data on a network server using your own computer. If you frequently need to consult ...

ForFiles command lets you manage or delete folders, complying with some criteria on Windows 11/10. If you want to use ForFiles command on a shared network folder or a mapped network drive, here is how ...

Relatively inexpensive network routers enable small businesses to create local area networks that share a single Internet connection. Windows 7 allows network users to save files in public folders on ...

Drive mapping is one of the most convenient ways to connect to shared files and resources across a business network. In Windows 8, you can connect to any other computer in the network's shared folders ...

Need to share a file or folder to another device connected to your network? Transferring files between machines requires just a few changes to your computer’s settings. In this beginner’s guide, we’ll ...

You can turn an external hard drive into a network drive to access your files, even when your computer is turned off. Lance is an experienced writer who tries to unravel the mysteries of personal tech ...

I will never fault someone for asking a tech question that feels “basic,” because we all had to get our start somewhere. Few of us popped out of the womb knowing how to access a network share in ...

If you're having mapped network drive issues after the October 2018 Update, you're not the only one. Here's what you can do until Microsoft releases a permanent fix next year. When you purchase ...

I just spent a considerable amount of time troubleshooting a network glitch between two PCs on my network: one running Vista, the other XP. And by “glitch” I mean that the Vista box can’t see any of ...

The reason I said magnets because it seems to operate in mysterious ways. My daily use machine is Windows 8, and my file share is a mapped drive hosted on WHSv1. It's not part of any library in ...