netdrive and 26 drive letter limit

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netdrive and 26 drive letter limit

drooh

12:38 pm on May 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

Im not sure exactly where to post this question so hopefully i got it in the correct place.

Im using "netdrive" to connect to my various websites. I've found the little program very useful for working with websites and making quick changes.

My question is, can you go higher than 26 drives? Meaning, in windows I have drives going from a-z. Every website profile in netdrive takes 1 drive letter. Is it possible to have more?

kaled

1:35 pm on May 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

I'm not familiar with netdrive, however, the Windows API would necessarily set a maximum limit of 32 drive symbols and, so far as I am aware, no digits or other characters have ever been used for this.

Perhaps you could use UNC file paths rather than drive letters.

Kaled.

drooh

1:44 pm on May 22, 2009 (gmt 0)

What is a UNC file path?

kaled

12:42 am on May 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

In Windows, a UNC file path has the following form...

\\ServerName\SharedDirectory\Subdir\filename

Typically, when using drive letters, \\ServerName\SharedDirectory is mapped to a drive e.g. x:

For example
\\onion\ring\pepper.jpg
would be equivalent to
x:\pepper.jpg
if drive x: is mapped to \\onion\ring

Assuming the network name of your computer is mylaptop, if you enter \\mylaptop\c$\ in Explorer, you will see files in the C:\ drive (since c$ is the default sharename for the C: drive). You may need administrator rights for this to work - I'm not sure.

Kaled.