 | When defining a Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000 network shared resource (“a Share“), it can be accessed via the “Network Neighborhood” / “My Network Places” and you can create a virtual disk-drive via Network drive mapping. In previous version of Windows (95/98/ME/NT4), a shared network resource can only be mapped at the share-point, not at a position deeper in the directory structure inside the shared section of the disk. Windows 2000 mapping supports now deep Mapping. |
 | Standard mapping: There are several possibilities to create a network drive mapping: –select fist the object, then request the action Browse the “Network Neighborhood“, select the system on the network, select the shared resource and then via a right-click define to map this shared resource as a network drive. |
  | or – select request first the action, then select the object Right-click on “Network Neighborhood” or on “My Network Places” and select to “Map Network Drive“ |
 | On Windows 95/98, you can just select the drive character to be used and enter the network path as UNC: \\<computername>\<shared resource name> |
 | Windows NT4 allows via a browser to locate the shared resource and creates the UNC network path based on your selection |
 | or – Command prompt via NET USE When systems are connected to Windows NT-servers, network drivers are often created via the “NET USE” command, which is defined in a logon-script executed during the network logon: NET USE <drive:> <UNC> When attempting to map a network drive at a directory inside the network share: NET USE <drive:> <UNC>/<path> then Windows 95/98 (on the left) and Windows NT4 (below) display error messages, since this feature is not supported. |
Similar to the mapping support on Novell Netware servers, Windows 2000 supports
“Deep Mapping”: to define as map-point any directory inside the network share:
| Make a right-click on “My Network Places” and select : “Map Network Drive..“ |
 | You can enter the UNC of the folder to be mapped or (much easier) use the button “Browse” to locate/ select the folder. |
 | You are able on Windows2000 to select a directory / folder (not just a Share-name) |
 | The UNC is now: \\<computername> \<sharename>\<path> |
 | This extended UNC can also be used with the NET USE – command on Windows 2000 systems in a Command-Prompt Window: NET USE <drive>: \\<server>\<share>\<path> |
