script to map network drive

Question

I want to be able to connect to a  wifi  network hard drive from my laptop  but only occasionally  If I use the  Map a network drive  command in WinXP explorer  I have to put in the drive s IP address and name  then the router name and its password  Too much to remember   I m looking for a way of scripting this activity  in any language   something like   map Z    10 0 1 1 DRIVENAME  ROUTERNAME PW    I don t particularly care what language the script is written in  BTW  I m aware of the DOS  subst  command  but I don t think I can use that in this case because of the password protection

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Here a JScript variant of JohnB s answer     Below the MSDN page for MapNetworkDrive Method with link and in case if Microsoft breaks it like every now and then the path to the documentation of now     https   msdn microsoft com en-us library 8kst88h6 v vs 84  aspx    MSDN Library - gt  Web Development - gt  Scripting - gt  JScript and VBScript - gt  Windows Scripting - gt  Windows Script Host - gt  Reference  Windows Script Host  - gt  Methods  Windows Script Host  - gt  MapNetworkDrive Method  var WshNetwork   WScript CreateObject  WScript Network    function localNameInUse localName        var driveIterator   WshNetwork EnumNetworkDrives        for  var i 0  l driveIterator length  i  lt  l  i    2            if  driveIterator Item i     localName                return true                      return false     function mount localName  remoteName        if  localNameInUse localName             WScript Echo       localName      drive letter already in use           else           WshNetwork MapNetworkDrive localName  remoteName            function unmount localName        if  localNameInUse localName             WshNetwork RemoveNetworkDrive localName

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Try the net use command

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Why not map the network drive but deselect  Reconnect at logon    The drive will only connect when you try to access it   Note that some applications will fail if they point to it  but if you re accessing files directly through Windows Explorer this works great

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use the net use command   net use Z    10 0 1 1 DRIVENAME   Edit 1  Also  I believe the password should be simply appended   net use Z    10 0 1 1 DRIVENAME PASSWORD   You can find out more about this command and its arguments via   net use     Edit 2  As Tomalak mentioned in comments  you can later un-map it via  net use Z   delete

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Tomalak s answer worked great for me   1   I only needed to make alter it slightly for my purposes  and I didn t need a password - it s for corporate domain   Option Explicit Dim l  l    Z   Dim s  s      10 10 10 1 share  Dim Network  Set Network   CreateObject  WScript Network   Dim CheckDrive  Set CheckDrive   Network EnumNetworkDrives   Dim DriveExists  DriveExists   False Dim i  For i   0 to CheckDrive Count - 1   If CheckDrive Item i    l Then     DriveExists   True   End If Next  If DriveExists   False Then   Network MapNetworkDrive l  s  False Else   MsgBox l     Drive already mapped  End If  Or if you want to disconnect the drive   For i   0 to CheckDrive Count - 1   If CheckDrive Item i    l Then      WshNetwork RemoveNetworkDrive CheckDrive Item i    End If Next

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Does this not work  assuming  ROUTERNAME  is the user name the router expects     net use Z     10 0 1 1 DRIVENAME   user  ROUTERNAME   PW    Alternatively  you can use use a small VBScript   Option Explicit Dim u  p  s  l Dim Network  Set Network  CreateObject  WScript Network    l    Z   s      10 0 1 1 DRIVENAME   u    ROUTERNAME  p    PW   Network MapNetworkDrive l  s  False  u  p

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