Vista - Script to map a network drive as ascii character and make hidden

09-15-2009

I'm new to vbscripting and need to create a script that will map a
network drive as an ascii character instead of a drive letter ie: _,
make persistent and hide this drive to users, the drive will be used
for installing software packages from a network share in a student lab
environment. Is this possible as it was suggested to me this could be
done? Do I still use the net use command?
Thanks in advance
Cat

09-16-2009

"Cat" <cathossie@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> I'm new to vbscripting and need to create a script that will map a
> network drive as an ascii character instead of a drive letter ie: _,
> make persistent and hide this drive to users, the drive will be used
> for installing software packages from a network share in a student lab
> environment. Is this possible as it was suggested to me this could be
> done? Do I still use the net use command?
> Thanks in advance
> Cat

No, you do no necessarily need to use "net use". You can do it like so:
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "R:", "\\server\share"

However, you must use a drive *letter*, not just some ASCII character.

09-16-2009

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> "Cat" <cathossie@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:2ea06d52-e515-40a0-ac82-9e9048f63e55@newsgroup

Quote:

>> I'm new to vbscripting and need to create a script that will map a
>> network drive as an ascii character instead of a drive letter ie: _,
>> make persistent and hide this drive to users, the drive will be used
>> for installing software packages from a network share in a student lab
>> environment. Is this possible as it was suggested to me this could be
>> done? Do I still use the net use command?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Cat

>
> No, you do no necessarily need to use "net use". You can do it like so:
> Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
> objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "R:", "\\server\share"
>
> However, you must use a drive *letter*, not just some ASCII character.

The best way to hide a mapped drive is not to map it. Just change whatever
it is that is doing your software installs to reference the shared folder by
its UNC.

/Al

09-15-2009	#1 (permalink)
Cat n/a posts	Script to map a network drive as ascii character and make hidden I'm new to vbscripting and need to create a script that will map a network drive as an ascii character instead of a drive letter ie: _, make persistent and hide this drive to users, the drive will be used for installing software packages from a network share in a student lab environment. Is this possible as it was suggested to me this could be done? Do I still use the net use command? Thanks in advance Cat
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09-16-2009	#2 (permalink)
Pegasus [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Script to map a network drive as ascii character and make hidden "Cat" <cathossie@newsgroup> wrote in message news:2ea06d52-e515-40a0-ac82-9e9048f63e55@newsgroup Quote: > I'm new to vbscripting and need to create a script that will map a > network drive as an ascii character instead of a drive letter ie: _, > make persistent and hide this drive to users, the drive will be used > for installing software packages from a network share in a student lab > environment. Is this possible as it was suggested to me this could be > done? Do I still use the net use command? > Thanks in advance > Cat No, you do no necessarily need to use "net use". You can do it like so: Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "R:", "\\server\share" However, you must use a drive letter, not just some ASCII character.
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09-16-2009	#3 (permalink)
Al Dunbar n/a posts	Re: Script to map a network drive as ascii character and make hidden "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@newsgroup> wrote in message news:eww#SNpNKHA.1268@newsgroup Quote: > > "Cat" <cathossie@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:2ea06d52-e515-40a0-ac82-9e9048f63e55@newsgroup Quote: >> I'm new to vbscripting and need to create a script that will map a >> network drive as an ascii character instead of a drive letter ie: _, >> make persistent and hide this drive to users, the drive will be used >> for installing software packages from a network share in a student lab >> environment. Is this possible as it was suggested to me this could be >> done? Do I still use the net use command? >> Thanks in advance >> Cat > > No, you do no necessarily need to use "net use". You can do it like so: > Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") > objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "R:", "\\server\share" > > However, you must use a drive letter, not just some ASCII character. The best way to hide a mapped drive is not to map it. Just change whatever it is that is doing your software installs to reference the shared folder by its UNC. /Al
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