Microsoft KB Archive/141941

= Accessing Network Resources Without Mapping a Drive or Port =

Article ID: 141941

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q141941



SUMMARY
This article describes how to use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) names with Network Neighborhood to access network resources without mapping a drive or port.



MORE INFORMATION
You can access a file on a shared network resource by entering the file's location in UNC format, or by browsing Network Neighborhood.

To specify a file using UNC format, use the following syntax:

\\computername\sharename\path\filename

For example, to access a file named Report.xls in the Current\Month folder on a share named Documents on a computer named Sales, you would use the following syntax:

\\sales\documents\current\month\report.xls

You can also use UNC names with NetWare servers. The NetWare syntax

Server/volume:folder

translates to the following UNC name:

\\server\volume\folder

If you know a file's UNC name, you can use the following steps to open it:


 * 1) In the program you are currently running, click Open on the File menu.
 * 2) In the Open box, type the file's UNC name.

To open a file whose UNC name you do not know, follow these steps:


 * 1) In the program you are currently running, click Open on the File menu.
 * 2) In the Look In box, click Network Neighborhood.
 * 3) Double-click the computer you want to access. If the computer is out- side your work group, double-click Entire Network and then double- click the appropriate workgroup. Then, double-click the computer you want to access.
 * 4) Double-click the folder you want to access, and then double-click the file.

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