net use |
connections with shared resources.
Syntax
net use [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume]
[password | *] ] [credentials] [ [/delete] | [/persistent:{yes | no}] ]
where credentials represents one of:
[/user:[domainname\]username]
[/user:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/user:[username@dotted domain name]
net use {devicename | *} [password | *] /home
net use [/persistent:{yes | no}]
Options
- None
A list of current network connections.- devicename
The resource to connect/disconnect. (Specify D: to
Z: for drives and LPT1: to
LPT3: for printers, or use an asterisk to assign
the next available device name.)- \\computername\sharename[\volume]
The shared resource to connect/disconnect. volume
represents a NetWare volume to connect/disconnect (requires Client
Service for NetWare or Gateway Service for NetWare).- [password | *]
Password required for the resource. An asterisk causes a prompt for
the password when the command is run.- /user:[domainname\]username
Domain to connect from and username to use for establishing the
connection (if required). If domainname is
omitted, the current logon domain is used.- /delete
Termination of the connection. (If an asterisk is used for the
connection, all network connections are disconnected.)- /home[password | *]
Connection of a user to the home directory.- /persistent:[yes | no]
yes makes the connection being made and subsequent
connections persistent (saves them and restores them at next logon).
no makes the connection being made and subsequent
connections nonpersistent, but existing persistent connections remain
so (use /delete to remove persistent connections).
Examples
Display a list of currently connected mapped network drives:
net use
New connections will be remembered.
Status Local Remote Network
-----------------------------------------------
OK I: \\leonardo\swynk Microsoft Windows Network
OK J: \\leonardo\transfer Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
Notice that all connections are currently persistent.View details of I: connection:
net use I:
Local name I:
Remote name \\leonardo\swynk
Resource type Disk
Status OK
# Opens 0
# Connections 1
The command completed successfully.
Display a list of connections on server BACH :
net view \\bach
Shared resources at \\bach
Share name Type Used as Comment
------------------------------------------------
NETLOGON Disk Logon server share
one Disk
source Disk
SYSVOL Disk Logon server share
test2 Disk
test3 Disk
y1 Disk
y2 Disk
y3 Disk
The command completed successfully.
Map the drive letter P: to the share TEST2 on
BACH :
net use p: \\bach\test2
The command completed successfully.
Disconnect mapped drive P : previously connected:
net use p: /delete
p: was deleted successfully.
Notes
- Use quotes to enclose computername if it
contains embedded spaces. - You can't disconnect from a share if it is your
current drive or if it is locked by an active process.
See Also
net file, net session,
net share, net view,
Shared Folders