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Do you find navigating to Windows Home Server’s shared folders an arduous chore? Take a look at how Windows 7 allows you to create a direct link to network resources. This direct link is known as a ‘Network Location’ in the Windows Explorer application. A network location is similar to a mapped network drive without assigning a drive letter. Or you can think of it as a network resource shortcut.
To start the ‘Add Network Location’ wizard, open ‘Windows Explorer’ and select ‘Computer’ in the left pane. Now, right-click on an empty location in the right pane.
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Click Next.
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Select ‘Choose a custom network location’ and click Next.
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This will open the ‘Browse For Folder’ dialog box. Click on the arrow to the left of your home server. Hi-lite the folder you want to link. Click OK.
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Name the folder as you want it to appear in Windows Explorer. Click Next.
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Click the ‘Finish’ button to complete this task.
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Your WHS Share is now available as a link under the ‘Computer’ tree in Windows Explorer.
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To have this ‘Network Location’ appear on your desktop, right-click the folder, choose ‘Send to’ and click on ‘Desktop’.
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