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How do I preserve folder shares on a USB external drive?

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Mar 15, 20261990 views
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I'm using a WD Passport external hard drive with my notebook, and have a folder on this drive I need to share on my Windows network. Occasionally, when the drive is not plugged in, Windows appears to lose the shares, and I have to go in and share again after it's plugged in again. Does anyone have …

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Well, here's what I arrived at (the long way round): Mount the drive to a shared NTFS directory - in this case D:\Mounts\WD.MyPassport\ Assign a drive to the folder. SUBST would do it, but I prefer via the Registry:

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