Network drive path is cleared after logout.

Question

I have several Mac machines on a Windows network environment and when a network drive on a Windows server is connected to the Mac and the user logs out, the drive history is cleared and the network drive address has to be retyped every time.  I have tried adding it to the login items but it is still deleted. It is also not saved when I store it as a favorite location under 'connect to server'.  Assistance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,
Not sure you are seeking for string replacement like below:
'P:\2015\House'.Replace('P:', '\\Server\Projects')
If you are looking for the mapped drives and using Get-Item or Get-ChildItem, Pls try the below example:
#To collect mapped drives and it's path.
$MappedDrives = @{}
Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -Filter 'drivetype=4' | Foreach { $MappedDrives.($_.deviceID) = $_.ProviderName }
#The below samples add additional property called 'UncPath' to the output of Get-item and Get-ChildItem
Get-ChildItem P: | Select *, @{n='UncPath'; e= { $_.FullName.Replace( $_.Root, $MappedDrives.($_.Root.ToString().SubString(0,2)) +'\') }}
Get-Item P:\2015\House | Select *, @{n='UncPath'; e= { $_.FullName.Replace( $_.Root, $MappedDrives.($_.Root.ToString().SubString(0,2)) +'\') }}
rgds,
AZ