Add Network Places using PoSh

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Add Network Places using PoSh

schleep

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April 29, 2014 at 12:48 pm

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I'm getting a new Windows 7 desktop. From a powershell perspective, probably a good thing.
But, I have a goodly number of Network Places mapped on my XP box, and I'd like to re-create those mappings on my new box.
I've not seen anything that looks programmatic / PoSh in my search results.They seem to point to AddNetPlaceRunDll, but....
Any ideas?

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Tony Sweet Ten Centuries Points: 1049 More actions · Answer 1

Are you talking about something like this?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/06/10/weekend-scripter-use-powershell-to-manage-windows-network-locations.aspx

- Tony Sweet

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004433 More actions · Answer 2

schleep (4/29/2014)
I'm getting a new Windows 7 desktop. From a powershell perspective, probably a good thing.
But, I have a goodly number of Network Places mapped on my XP box, and I'd like to re-create those mappings on my new box.
I've not seen anything that looks programmatic / PoSh in my search results.They seem to point to AddNetPlaceRunDll, but....
Any ideas?

Yes... make them give you the upgrade to Windows 8.1.

--Jeff Moden

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Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden (4/29/2014)
schleep (4/29/2014)
I'm getting a new Windows 7 desktop. From a powershell perspective, probably a good thing.
But, I have a goodly number of Network Places mapped on my XP box, and I'd like to re-create those mappings on my new box.
I've not seen anything that looks programmatic / PoSh in my search results.They seem to point to AddNetPlaceRunDll, but....
Any ideas?
Yes... make them give you the upgrade to Windows 8.1.

Totally agree. I preferred Windows 8.0 over 7. I never saw what the big fuss was about. Once you have shortcuts or pins to your commonly used apps then you usually have to scour for that app you are sure was installed. I prefer the Win8 search over the Start Bar search any day. Plus there are a lot of other improvements as well. PowerShell being a case in point.

Gaz

-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

schleep SSChampion Points: 12585 More actions · Answer 4

Hi Tony,

I did come across that one, but no, that's not what I'm after.

The one I want is, in Win 7, right click on Computer, Add a network location.

Thanks.

schleep SSChampion Points: 12585 More actions · Answer 5

Yes... make them give you the upgrade to Windows 8.1.

Ha ha! We're just getting to Win 7. By the time we're ready to upgrade, I'd be surprised if it's still called Windows. 😛

schleep SSChampion Points: 12585 More actions · Answer 6

As far as I can tell, they're shortcuts stored in my c:\users\...ethood folder, which I can access in XP, but not in Win 7 even running Windows Explorer as Administrator...