Max # of mapped drives

[UWDawg]

Hi all-

Is there a utility or some work around that will allow you to map more then 26 drives? Right now I am using winxp and have a storage server. I am using certain programs that require me to have the drives mapped.

Thank you in advance

 

[Sid59]

i think 26 drive letters is the max.

came on one of the forums, can't search for it cause i suck at the search.

 

[Apathetic]

Nope, you're limited to 26 drives because the OS will only allow you to use each letter once.

If you need more and you can NOT use UNC paths (e.g. \\ServerName\Share\Directory\File.txt) for some silly reason, your only option is to release drives your not currently using and then map them to someplace else.

You could write a batch file which maps a bunch of specifi drives that an application needs, have it launch the app, and then release the drive mappings when the app exits.

Dave

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

You can mount drives to a directory just like in unix - at least you could in win2k.

 

[juiio]

You can use mount points in WinXP.

Right click My Computer->Manage->Disk Management

Right click on the volume you want to add a mount point for and choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths". Click the Add button. Select "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder" (the volume that contains the mount point must be an NTFS volume). Then just add the path to the empty folder, or click on Browse and browse to it.