In the event of a crash, you just change the A record to point to the backup and all is good and you can still use UNC paths. generally for failover, a simpler solution that doesn't depend on stuff like mapped drives is to simply point an alternate A record to your server holding the shared drive. Use at your own risk.ītw, even though you have your setup all working with mapped drives. Make sure VisualCron's service is setup to logon interactive (the default). You can probably use a batch script loaded with specific credentials and loaded with profile to get the UNC path from a mapped drive, put it in a variable, and use that throughout the job.
#Unc path vs mapped drive windows#
While it is possible to have a windows service use them, Microsoft's guidance states that you shouldn't, and (i think, don't quote me) it is an unsupported operation, so automation system really shouldn't allow it, even if they can/could.
#Unc path vs mapped drive full#
With your mouse in the Address field, hit ctrl-A and ctrl-C to copy the full path to your clipboard, then move your cursor to the top field ("Text to Display:") hit ctrl-A and ctrl-V to display it correctly in your email.I can't speak for the VisualCron guys, but mapped drives are part of a user's interactive profile. Now, r-click and select " Edit Hyperlink." you will notice that the Address field has been translated back into the full UNC path ( \\cartman\users\emueller\foo.doc).At this point, the link will display the mapped drive letter as the root ( Q:\foo.doc). Insert a Hyperlink in the email and paste in the address field of the Hyperlink dialogue box.In Windows Explorer, hold the shift button down, r-click on the file, and select " Copy as path".Here's the workaround I use when sending mapped-network paths via Outlook: UPDATE: CoolCol's approach is even easier than mine.
I've not tried this, but it could be solution for those who are prohibited from installing normally. Update: As of version 12.0, a new "portable" installer is available on the above site, which installs only for the current user into the AppData\Local folder.
It's great for emailing users in your company who have access to a network path, and if they have the same network mapping as you, you can choose the former, otherwise you can use the latter. You can also choose to show only one or two lines on the base context menu, for example you can have two lines, Copy Long Path, and Copy Long UNC Path. I had exactly the same problem - not everyone had the same mapped drives as me, or mapped to the same letters.Īfter much searching I found a context menu extension named Path Copy Copy on GitHub () which is an extended version of a similar, older extension (called Pathcopy) has quite a few options for copying paths as text, including one for UNC paths - example of the options available are shown below: You can also copy from the command line window itself. Then open the file: drives.txt and you can copy the path from the file for your use. If you want you can send the above output to a file e.g. OK \\10.8.5.99\tmp Microsoft Windows Network OK \\10.8.5.99\NOTEBOOK Microsoft Windows Network OK P: \\server02\Test1 Microsoft Windows Network OK N: \\server01\Test1 Microsoft Windows Network It will return all the mapped folders like below (shown as example only) P:\XX\XX>net use
Then enter net use command in any folder. Maybe a long way around but open a cmd window.
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