Thread: Get mapped network drives on local machine

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    Get mapped network drives on local machine

    Hi all,

    I'm looking for a function to convert an absolute path to UNC and UNC to an absolute path ( if possible ).

    Example:

    John types "X:\Folder\File.ext" on his computer.

    A function converts it to "\\Server\Share\Folder\File.ext" and saves it in a central place.

    Jane accesses the information on her workstation. She has "\\Server\Share" mapped to L:

    A function converts it to "L:\Folder\File.ext".

    ( Obviously it's not that easy, things can fail, special considerations need to be taken into account, maybe drives aren't mapped that way at all etc )


    I already got the "AbsoluteToUNC" conversion done. Works like a charm. However, I'm still looking for a function that can list all mapped drives and targets of that mappings for the local workstation.

    Anyone got any ideas ? I already looked through all the Netx functions and examples on MSDN, but all of them only work the other way, listing shares of the local machine.
    hth
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    Are you looking for something like the following?

    Code:
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main()
    {
    	DWORD	dwDrives;
    	UINT	uDriveType;
    	int	iDrive;
    	char	szDrive[_MAX_DRIVE + 1];
    
    	dwDrives = GetLogicalDrives();
    
    	printf("The following is a list of network drives\n");
    	for(iDrive = 0; iDrive < 26; iDrive++)
    	{
    		sprintf(szDrive,"%c:\\",iDrive + 'A');
    
    		uDriveType = GetDriveType(szDrive);    
    		
    		if(uDriveType == DRIVE_REMOTE)
    		{
    			printf("%s\n",szDrive);
    		}
    	}
    	return 0;
    }
    Last edited by bithub; 10-19-2004 at 02:21 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nvoigt
    a function that can list all mapped drives and targets of that mappings for the local workstation.
    Have you had a look at the WNet APIs?

    Especially WNetEnumResource.

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    Ah, thanks a lot, I will try this tomorrow morning
    hth
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