I need to map a network drive into a network path using VBScript. The network path is read directly from input. How should I map the network drive and how to check whether the entered network path already exists?
I created a subroutine to map drives...
MapDrive "H:","\\server\share"
Sub MapDrive(letter, uncpath)
on error Resume Next
dim drivetype, currentmapping
dim objWMIService
dim colDisks, objDisk
'Set wshnetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _
"{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk Where Name = """ & letter & """")
For Each objDisk In colDisks
drivetype = objDisk.DriveType
currentmapping = objDisk.ProviderName
Next
if (drivetype <> 4 and drivetype <> 0) then
NotifyUser ucase(letter) & " cannot be mapped due to a physical device already reserving that drive letter" & vbcrlf & _
"This is most frequently caused by a thumbdrive or external disk.",5
exit Function
end if
if (ucase(currentmapping) = ucase(uncpath)) then
exit function
end If
if (drivemappings.Exists(uncpath)) then
drivemappings.Add uncpath & "(" & letter & ")", letter
else
drivemappings.Add uncpath, letter
end if
if (currentmapping <> "") then
wshnetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive letter,,True
end if
wshnetwork.MapNetworkDrive letter, uncpath, true
on Error goto 0
End Sub
I leave it up to you do handle error checking etc. Alternatively if you prefer the net use route you could do something like..
dim wshShell
Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wshshell.run "cmd /c net use H: ""\\server\share""",1,True
You can take it a step further to automagically use the next available drive letter to map drives using an example The Scripting Guys created.
Set objDictionary = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk")
For Each objDisk in colDisks
objDictionary.Add objDisk.DeviceID, objDisk.DeviceID
Next
For i = 67 to 90
strDrive = Chr(i) & ":"
If objDictionary.Exists(strDrive) Then
Else
Wscript.Echo strDrive & " is the next available drive letter."
Wscript.Quit
End If
Next
Wscript.Echo "There are no available drive letters on this computer.”
I hope this is helpful.