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ENCS DESKTOP SOLUTIONS

How to Map a Network Drive in Windows

A script can be used to map all network drives called Map ENCS Drives.
If you are using Windows XP you probably need to install PowerShell before.
Download Map ENCS Drives Version 1.4.5 November 20, 2012.
If you are using Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later you can download and the
AppleScript Application ENCS_Map Version 1.1 May 08, 2013.

** NOTE ** It only worked if the computer is connected through Concordia network.

You can map manually each drives by following the instruction below:

1. Click [Start] - > [Computer]

2. Select "Map Network Drive"

Tools Menu

3. Select a Drive letter (eg: G:).
Then type the network path to the share (Eg: \\filer-users.encs.concordia.ca\<encs_username>) you want to connect to in the "Folder" space.
Select "Connect using different credentials"

Map Network Drive

4. Click "Finish" to connect the drive.

You will be prompted for a username and password.
Supply your ENCS username and password.

The following table lists the shares you can currently map.

Drive Letter	Mount Point	Description
G:	\\filer-users.encs.concordia.ca\<encs_username>	Windows home directory
H:	\\filer-nettemp.encs.concordia.ca\nettemp	Temporary disk space. All files in here are deleted automatically every morning
Q:	\\filer-admin.encs.concordia.ca\v_admin\admin_unix	Administrative Groups
R:	\\filer-facdisk.encs.concordia.ca\fac_<FL*>\<encs_username>	Private disk space
S:	\\filer-groups.encs.concordia.ca\v_groups\groups_unix	Home directories for group accounts
U:	\\filer-users.encs.concordia.ca\unix\<FL*>\<encs_username>	Unix home directory
W:	\\filer-users.encs.concordia.ca\web\<FL*>\<encs_username>	Web directory
X:	\\filer-groups.encs.concordia.ca\v_groups\groups_web	Web directories for group accounts
T:	\\filer-thesis.encs.concordia.ca\v_thesis\thesis_unix	Graduate thesis directory

FL* - This is the 'F'irst 'L'etter of your ENCS username. For example, if your user name is foobar, you would map the U: drive as:

U:	\\filer-users.encs.concordia.ca\unix\f\foobar

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