Joseph DeVore's Blog: Windows Server

Sometimes you need your server to reconnect a mapped drive using a different login after it’s been rebooted and you can't wait for a user to log in and physically reconnect using different credentials.

With the following code, the server automatically reconnects and makes the connection persistent. I have found this to be very useful when you want to access a remote server using a drive letter (D:\) over a UNC path (\\host\share) that requires a different username and password.

To automate this reconnection, create a new text file called mapped_drive.bat (or something similar, just make sure the file extension is .bat)

Add the following code after replacing the place holders:

• {drive letter} is the letter of the drive that you want to reference.
• {host} is the name or IP of the server.
• {share} is the shared directory on the remote machine.
• {username} to access the server share on the remote machine.
• {password} to access the server share on the remote machine.