{"id":4956,"date":"2024-03-29T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/?p=4956"},"modified":"2025-03-11T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:45:54","slug":"adding-a-network-location-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/adding-a-network-location-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding a Network Location in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Open File Explorer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the left hand pane click on This PC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image.png 359w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the top of File Explorer click the &#8216;&#8230;&#8217; menu (next to View)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the drop down menu select &#8220;Add a Network Location&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"857\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2.jpg 857w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A window will pop up and you can add the path to the drive you want to map &lt;eg&gt; \\\\pathtomyfolder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to check the box for &#8220;Reconnect at Login&#8221;Click Finish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3.1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Open File Explorer and scroll down the left hand pane under &#8220;This Pc&#8221; and you will see your mapped drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now save or open data in this location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open File Explorer In the left hand pane click on This PC At the top of File Explorer click the &#8216;&#8230;&#8217; menu (next to View) From the drop down menu select &#8220;Add a Network Location&#8221; A window will pop up and you can add the path to the drive you want to map &lt;eg&gt; \\\\pathtomyfolder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,1,16],"tags":[92,93,94],"class_list":["post-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-cnsit","category-tips-and-tricks","category-uncategorized","category-windows","tag-add-network-location","tag-map-drive","tag-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5037,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956\/revisions\/5037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}