Mapping A Drive Letter To OneDrive
Robert Baehr January 19 2022 02:19:50 AM
Greetings:Given that everyone is on the cloud migration bandwagon, I thought I'd share a little simple "trick" that I use to map a network drive to my OneDrive (note: This works for Google Drive with some slight modification).
While there are some other methods that I have found on-line, many appear cumbersome and, quite frankly, I could not get any of them to work. Keeping in mind that all environments are different, I took the following approach that should work for any Windows client environment.
Instead of using the "Map Network Drive" option of Windows Explorer, I reverted back to my old DOS days and utilized the SUBST Command. For those brought up in a post-DOS world, SUBST works like NET USE - it assigns a drive letter to a local folder on your PC. The base syntax is:
SUBST L: "Path", where
- L: is the drive letter you want to use
- "Path" is the local folder that you want to map the L: drive to
When you specify "Path", don't forget the double quotes.
For my example, from a DOS prompt (there's that DOS word again), I mapped the Z: Drive to my OneDrive folder by issuing the following command:
SUBST Z: "%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive"
That's it! If I look in explorer, I see a Z: drive. If I am logged into OneDrive, any files added, deleted, or modified therein will sync to the cloud.
For ease of management, this command can be placed in a login (or other) script so that users have a familiar drive letter in which to reference their OneDrive files.
Hope someone finds this useful - I know I do!
Cheers!
Robert Baehr
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