{"id":74757,"date":"2023-06-05T13:11:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=74757"},"modified":"2024-08-27T13:02:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:02:48","slug":"map-a-network-drive","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/map-a-network-drive","title":{"rendered":"Map a Network Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article details how to map a network drive upon login using a registry entry and a batch file, without needing to store a password in plain text. The batch file that you create and upload to the command builds a <strong>netuse.bat<\/strong> file automatically to map drives when the user logs in to their device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prerequisites<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>This command works on Windows devices only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This method applies to file servers with NTFS permissions, AD file servers, and any NAS device, as long as the username and password on the device matches the username and password on the end user\u2019s device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considerations<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The example used in this article will:\n<ul>\n<li>Create a registry entry key named <strong>mapdrive<\/strong> that will run a script (<strong>c:\\scripts\\netuse.bat<\/strong>) every time a user logs in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delete any old version of <strong>c:\\scripts\\netuse.bat<\/strong> that exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generate the <strong>netuse.bat<\/strong> file that contains the actual drive map commands and save it to <strong>c:\\scripts\\<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The example variables should be edited to specify the desired drive letter, file server\/NAS address, and share name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Create the batch file (<strong>setnetdrive.bat<\/strong>), replacing the variables as necessary:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-code-block code-block\"><div class=\"code-block-snippet is-type-body-default\">\n<p>echo off<br>reg add hklm\\software\\microsoft\\windows\\currentversion\\run \/v mapdrive \/t REG_SZ \/d c:\\scripts\\netuse.bat \/fmkdir c:\\scripts<br>echo net use * \/delete \/yes &gt; c:\\scripts\\netuse.bat<br>echo net use f: &#8220;\\\\<em>fileserver\\share<\/em>&#8221; \/user:%%username%% &gt;&gt;<br>echo net use g: &#8220;\\\\<em>fileserver\\share<\/em>&#8221; \/user:%%username%% &gt;&gt;<br>&nbsp;c:\\scripts\\netuse.bat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgb-notification-card-wysiwyg notification-card note\"><div class=\"notification-card-content\"><div class=\"notification-card-icon\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/jumpcloud\/assets\/images\/gutenberg-blocks\/note-icon.png\" \/><\/p><\/div><div class=\"notification-card-copy is-type-body-default\"><div><strong class=\"notification-card-type\">Note:<\/strong> \n<p>If the file server is an Active Directory member file server, then add the DOMAIN NAME before the %%username%% variable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>echo net use f: &#8220;\\\\<em>fileserver\\share<\/em>&#8221; \/user:DOMAIN\\%%username%%<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if the file server is 10.10.10.10, share name is \u201cFinance,\u201d and AD domain is \u201cContoso.Local\u201d the command would look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>echo net use f: &#8220;\\\\<em>10.10.10.10\\Finance<\/em>&#8221; \/user:CONTOSO\\%%username%%<\/code><\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>In the JumpCloud Admin Portal, go to <strong>DEVICE MANAGEMENT<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Commands<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>+<\/strong> and choose <strong>Command<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the following <strong>Details<\/strong>:<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1340\" class=\"wp-image-115026\" style=\"width: 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/map-network-drive.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/map-network-drive.png 1996w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/map-network-drive-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/map-network-drive-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/map-network-drive-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/map-network-drive-1536x1031.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1996px) 100vw, 1996px\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>For <strong>Name<\/strong>, enter a name that is identifiable to you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>Type<\/strong>, select <strong>Windows<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure the Windows Powershell option remains unchecked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Command*<\/strong> field, enter&nbsp; <code>cmd.exe \/c c:\\windows\\temp\\setnetdrive.bat<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Launch Event<\/strong>, set the <strong>Event<\/strong> to <strong>Manually<\/strong> to run once per device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Optional) Under <strong>Options<\/strong>, configure the command\u2019s timeout settings appropriately, or leave the default settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Files<\/strong>, click <strong>Upload File<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload the <strong>setnetdrive.bat<\/strong> file you created in step 1. Ensure the <strong>File Destination<\/strong> is listed as <strong>c:\\Windows\\Temp\\setnetdrive.bat<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assign the command to the device or device group where you want to apply the registry entry.\n<ul>\n<li>From the <strong>Device Groups<\/strong> tab, select one or more device groups. For device groups with multiple OS member types, the policy is applied only to the supported OS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the <strong>Devices<\/strong> tab, select one or more devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the Commands list, find the command and click <strong>Run Now<\/strong> to execute the <strong>setnetdrive.bat<\/strong> file on all selected devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The registry entry is applied and the <strong>netuse.bat<\/strong> file is built on the end device, and will be run every time a user logs into that device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-additional-resources\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Enroll: <a href=\"https:\/\/university.jumpcloud.com\/courses\/running-commands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Running Commands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/map-windows-file-shares-using-jumpcloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accessing File Shares on AD-Connected Windows File Servers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article details how to map a network drive upon login using a registry entry and a batch file, without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[2895,2852],"support_tag":[],"coauthors":[2842],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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