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NetWork Drives

richard smith

How can you account for network drives in C#? For example, the drive may be \\ServerName\\folder\\ and I may have it mapped to N:\\folder\\ & you may have it mapped to Q:\\folder\\

If I try to write the code as \\ServerName\\folder I get an error that says can not find C:\\ServerName\\folder

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Vulpes13y ago
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To use a UNC path, you need to redouble the backslashes preceding the server name i.e.

// either

string path = "\\\\ServerName\\folder\\";

// or

string path = @"\\ServerName\folder\";