How To Pin Network Drives Or Network Locations For Easy Access
Creating a network drive allows you to connect to your hosting account and manage your files similar to how you manage local files and folders on your computer. For example, you can easily drag and drop files to upload them, delete files, etc..
Even though the main benefit of map network drive cmd or network locations is making things more accessible, they are not accessible enough if you ask us. In order to access them you need to first open Explorer. If you truly want to make them accessible, you should pin them to the Start screen in Windows 8, the Desktop, or the taskbar.
To pin a network drive to the Windows 8. Start screen, right-click with a mouse (or press and hold on a touchscreen) on the drive and select"Pin to Start".
A tile with the generic icon used for map network drive cmd, will be added to the Start screen pointing to the network location set for your mapping.
To create a shortcut on the Desktop, right click the network drive and select"Create shortcut".
The shortcut is automatically added to the Desktop and you can use it to quickly access the network location mapped for that drive.
You can also drag-and-drop a mapped drive to the taskbar, as shown below. The drive will be pinned to the File Explorer or Windows Explorer shortcut, depending on whether you use Windows 8.x or Windows 7.
How to Remove a network drive
There are several ways of removing a network drive. In Windows 8.x, open File Explorer and go to"This PC", and select the network drive you want to remove. Expand the"Computer" tab on the ribbon and click or tap the arrow for"Map network drive".
A small menu is displayed, which includes an option that says"Disconnect network drive". Click or tap on it and the network drive is disconnected and removed from File Explorer.
Both in Windows 7 and Windows 8.x, open Explorer and find the network drive that you want to remove, in the section named This PC (in Windows 8) or Computer (in Windows 7). Then, right-click the network drive and select"Disconnect" in the right-click menu.
How to Remove a Network Location
Removing a mapping to a website or FTP site is similar. You need to find the mapped network location in Windows Explorer (Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 8. X). You will find it in the"Computer" section in Windows 7 or"This PC" section in Windows 8.x.















