Mapping the ITS File Server Folders to Mosaic Windows

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1 Mapping the ITS File Server Folders to Mosaic Windows January The following instructions are to show you how to map your shared and Home drive using ITS s Network.

2 Contents Home Folder (Drive V:)... 2 Creating a Windows Explorer Shortcut to the V: drive... 3 Data share folder Drive S:... 5 Creating a Windows Explorer Shortcut to the S: Drive

3 Home Folder (Drive V:) First, we must establish the drive mapping to the user s new ITS filer user share volume. We map the V: drive because that was the old drive we used under the Novell system that mapped to the users file space. We do that like this: 1. Open a Command Prompt window by clicking on Start then Run and typing cmd 2. You will see a window like the one below open. Type in C: as shown. NOTE: To remove the mapping from the Command Prompt, you can type: net use v: /d 2

4 Creating a Windows Explorer Shortcut to the V: drive We must now create a Windows Explorer Desktop Shortcut that points to the V: drive. We do that like this: 1. Right mouse on the Desktop and choose New then Shortcut 2. To create the shortcut, we specify the new V: drive and click Next 3

5 3. We now specify a name for the shortcut and click Finish 4. After selecting Finish you should now have a shortcut on the user s desktop that will try to map the ITS Home Drive Share whenever they double-click on it. NOTE: 5. Now that the V: drive shortcut exists, the user doesn t have to perform the first step ever again (unless their profile is reset.) So, when the user logs off, and back on to their Mosaic XP system, all they need to do is double-click on the shortcut to re-establish the drive mapping. Like this 4

6 Typing in the User name: field as shown, as its.uncc.edu\username, then entering the password, will cause Windows to map the original drive that the shortcut was pointing to. NOTE: After the V: drive is mapped, the shortcut drive icon may take some time to change from the red question mark, back to the normal one. Sometimes it may not change. The Windows Explorer shell doesn t always catch the drive mapping event correctly so the icon doesn t update. This is not a real problem, just a visual (cosmetic) one. If the icon is double-clicked, it should always do the appropriate thing depending on whether the drive is mapped or not. Data share folder Drive S: First we must establish the drive mapping to the user s new ITS filer data share volume. We map the S: drive because that was the old drive we used under the Novell system that mapped to the user s shared space. We do that like this: 1. Open a Command Prompt window by clicking on Start then Run 2. You will see a window like the one below open. Type in C: as shown. 3. At the C:\> prompt, type the following: 5

7 You should now have a network drive mapping to the shared ITS file share and a window like this: NOTE: To remove the mapping from the Command Prompt, you can type: net use s: /d 6

8 Creating a Windows Explorer Shortcut to the S: Drive We must create a Windows Explorer Desktop Shortcut that points to the s: drive. We do that like this: 1. Right click on the user s desktop and choose New->Shortcut 2. To create the shortcut, we specify the new S: drive and click Next 3. Now we specify a name for the shortcut like this 7

9 NOTE: After selecting Finish you should now have a desktop shortcut on the user s desktop that will try to map the ITS Home Drive Share whenever they double-click on it. 4. Now that the S: drive shortcut exists, the user doesn t have to perform the first step ever again (unless their profile is reset.) So, when the user logs off, and back on to their Mosaic XP system, all they need to do is double-click on the shortcut to re-establish the drive mapping. Like this Double clicking this will prompt you for the username and password using the ordinary Windows password dialog. 8

10 Typing in the User name: field as shown, as its.uncc.edu\username, then entering the password, will cause Windows to map the original drive that the shortcut was pointing to. NOTE: After the S: drive is mapped, the shortcut drive icon may take some time to change from the red question mark, back to the normal one. Sometimes it may not change. The Windows Explorer shell doesn t always catch the drive mapping event correctly so the icon doesn t update. This is not a real problem, just a visual (cosmetic) one. If the icon is double-clicked, it should always do the appropriate thing depending on whether the drive is mapped or not. 9