On 23 Oct 2018 15:58:30 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
When you use 'net use' (or 'Map network drive' in File Explorer), you
are creating a Network Drive, not a plain 'Drive'.
Hi Frank Slootweg,
I appreciate that you're the _only_ person on this newsgroup who shows that
he comprehends not only the underlying Windows action, but also the desired
goal, and the tested solutions.
I only fully comprehend the desired goal, where I comprehend the tested
solutions less, and even less do I comprehend the underlying Windows
technology.
It must be true, as you say, that a "network drive" is not quite the same
thing, as a "drive", where, in the case of FTP "network drives", it's
different even more so, than it is in the case of WebDav "network drives".
Note that in your screenshot, all your 'Drive's are together in the
'Devices and drives' section of FE. Apparently Windows 10 FE has
'Drive', 'Removable Disk' and 'Local Disk' in this section. (8.1 just
has names and icons.) Anyway, the point is that in this section, all
things are *non*-'Network Drive's.
Indeed.
o FTP shares show up in the top "removable" drive section, while
o WebDAV shares show up in the bottom "network" drive section.
Yet, in both, I can right click and "Open command window here", which gives
me a command prompt on the "X:" file system, which then allows me to run
DOS commands *directly* on the mounted filesystem.
But they act slightly differently to a "X:" command undertaken from the C:
location inside a command prompt window.
As said, the drive 'X:' you created via the 'net use' command is a
*Network* Drive and hence appears in the 'Network locations' section of
FE.
So there is a difference between a 'Removable Disk' (K: in your
screenshot) and a Network Drive (X: in your screenshot).
The difference exists, that's for sure.
Luckily, both allow "Open command prompt here" to work.
But, as noted, they work differently with respect to the command prompt:
o You can do more with FTP shares, than you can with WebDAV shares
For a 'Removable Disk', you can do an 'Eject'.
For a Network Drive, you can do a 'Disconnect' or 'net use /delete'.
Yes. I noticed that the dismounts were different between them.
o We eject FTP drives
o We disconnect WebDAV drives
I'm not sure what power that provides, but I did notice the delta.
Notice, by way of contrast, that FTP shares do show up as literally a
"removable drive".
o DirectNetDrive http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=6340420dir012.jpg
o NetDrive v1.3.2.0 http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1383190dir014.jpg
Indeed. While these drives are *associated* with a network, they are
*not* Network Drives (i.e. do not appear in the 'Network locations'
section of FE), but are 'normal' drives, just as any drive in the
'Devices and drives' section of FE. So these drives are the same type as
your C: drive.
I hope this has unconfused things a bit! :-)
Thanks, Frank Slootweg, for taking the energy to explain the networking
part of things.
As I noted, I'm very good with the problem set, and I'm fantastic at
empirically arriving at a solution for almost any difficult problem set
(since I use the same tactics as ants use to find food).
What I'm terrible at, is the underlying expertise in Windows.
I just don't have it - and I don't spend my time obtaining it since I spend
my time solving problems that nobody else seems to have solved before.
To that end, I will continue to strive to solve these remaining issues:
1. *There is no working non-root solution for SMB mounting over WiFi*
2. *There is no known freeware solution for MTP mounting over USB*
I have confidence that I will eventually solve both those problems (as I
almost never fail), but it won't be easy; and it will likely take a few
golden nuggets of knowledge from the intelligent adults on this newsgroup,
like you, in order to do so.
Thanks.
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