Map Department Share

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Map a Department Share (Windows)

1. Click on the Windows Start button

2. Type “file explorer” 

3. Click on the File Explorer application

1. Click on “This PC” on the left side of the window followed by clicking the 3 dots in the top of the page.

2. Click on the text for “Map network drive”

Windows File Explorer window showing “This PC” selected in the left navigation pane. The Devices and drives section displays Local Disk (C:). An overflow menu opened from the toolbar shows options including Burn to disc, Add a network location, and Map network drive, with red arrows pointing to the This PC location, the toolbar menu button, and the Map network drive option.

1. Choose your drive letter.  We recommend using “S:”

2. Type “\\nsccfs\DeptData” in the folder path

3. Click browse if you would like to map a specific folder

→ Click “Finish” if you would like to map the entire share directory

1. Expand the DeptData folder

2. Find the department share folder that you want

3. Click on the folder to highlight it

4. Click “OK”

1. The folder path will populate with the particular folder that you have chosen

2. Click “Finish”

Your mapped shared drives will now appear in File Explorer under “This PC”