How To Map A Network or Shared Drive in Windows 11

How To Map A Network or Shared Drive in Windows 11

In this tutorial, explains how to map a network drive in Windows 11, so you can easily access shared files from another computer on your network. We'll also look at what the other computer must do to enable the share and what to watch for if you're having issues mapping a network drive.

Mapping a network drive provides a drive letter, similar to a local partition some applications need that drive letter to function. The purpose of network mapping can provide network administrators key, performance insight such as device status, physical connections and traffics metrics.

Map a network drive in Windows:
1. Open File Explorer. If you don't have a shortcut to File Explorer in your taskbar, right-click the Start button and select File Explorer.
2. In a File Explorer window, click the ellipses button (three dots) in the toolbar, then select Map Network Drive in the menu that appears.
3. In the Map Network Drive window, click the Drive drop-down menu and select a drive letter that you will assign to the network drive. It can be any letter in the list, depending on your personal preference.
4. In the Folder field, enter the network device and share name. If you don't remember it, click Browse to see available devices on your local network.
5. If you want Windows to always reconnect to this drive every time you sign in, check the box beside Reconnect at sign-in. And if you want to connect with credentials (username and password) other than the ones linked to your current Windows account, check Connect Using Different Credentials.
6. Select Finish.

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