Re: Where is \\Server_Name?

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Tony Girgenti wrote:
This might seem pretty stupid, but when i go to Start/Run and type in \\Server_Name, where does that take me? I can't match that up to any place on my hard drive using Windows Explorer or My Computer.

It won't take you to a specific place on the hard drive. It's the 'root' of the shared namespace, if you see what I mean. It'll show shared folders, printers, scheduled tasks.


I'm specifically looking for the folder mspclnt which shows up in \\Server_Name, but i can't find it when i search the hard drive.

The share name doesn't have to match the actual name of the folder being shared. That share sounds like the ISA Proxy client software.

You can find out where a particular shared folder actually is by going into the Computer Management console (compmgmt.msc) and looking under Shared Folders -> Shares. That'll tell you where to look.

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