BAT file to map to network drive without running as admin

windows batch-file drive
Bhetzie picture Bhetzie · May 8, 2014 · Viewed 238.8k times · Source

I'm trying to create a .bat file that will map to a network drive when it is clicked (it would be even better if it could connect automatically on login if connected to the network, otherwise do not connect)

What I have so far is:

net use P: "\\server\foldername\foldername"

Is there a way that I can create this so the users will not have to right click and run as an administrator? I would like it if they could just click the .bat file and it will map for them.

Answer

Sunny picture Sunny · May 8, 2014

Save below in a test.bat and It'll work for you:

@echo off

net use Z: \\server\SharedFolderName password /user:domain\Username /persistent:yes

/persistent:yes flag will tell the computer to automatically reconnect this share on logon. Otherwise, you need to run the script again during each boot to map the drive.

For Example:

net use Z: \\WindowsServer123\g$ P@ssw0rd /user:Mynetdomain\Sysadmin /persistent:yes

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