Webdav mapping to windows explorer

I need to set up a script that pushes file content from folders on a file server to portal via WebDAV. Using XP/Office 2003 this should be possible as long as I can map up the portal page group in Windows Explorer under the "My computer" heading as a drive (Z:) rather than under "My Network Places".
Is there some way to fix this?
PS: I´m aware of third party solutions like Sitecopy and Cadaver, but would prefer to use standard Windows functionality to get this going.

hi henning,
there is no way to do this in windows out of the box. i know from a third party tool called webdrive that allows you to map webdav resources as drives on windows.
however using sitecopy you can do the same bulk operation with an open source webdav client that you can get for free.
thanks,
christian

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