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How do I mount a network drive to a folder?

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Mar 15, 2026258887 views
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Does anyone know of a third party (or even windows native) solution to this simple problem? I want to map an internal network share on our windows server to a folder on each of the client machines in the network. I don't want to to use drive letters; I would just like to set up a folder on my drive that is actually a Windows share. For example, should actually point to . Is this possible? Is there any tool that does it? All clients are using Windows XP and Windows 7.

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In Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can create a "junction folder"/"Symbolic link" to redirect the contents of one to another. Simply type: I have not tested it with a FQDN, but as far as I can tell, it should work. I have tested it with a network mapped drive, and this works perfectly... so at a last resort, you can map first, then do this. The creates a directory ( in this example) and it must not exist. It will be created by this command. You must have admin privileges when you run CMD. You c…

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