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How do you handle "CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories"?

I am attempting to change directories to a file server such as: cd \\someServer\\someStuff\ However, I get the following error: CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories What are my options to navigate to that directory?
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Windows 7 search not showing results from mapped Server 2008 R2 share

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 network share setup as a map drive in Win 7 x64. I want to search it via Windows 7 but I always get "no items match your search". It's as though it's not even attempting to search. The File Server role with Windows…
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Permissions issue with virtual directory to UNC path

I have a virtual directory in my site (test environment). It is a UNC share which is also used as a public FTP. It is configured to connect as a domain admin account and "Test settings" says everything appears to be working. However when I try to…
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How do I reconnect to a UNC share using different credentials

I connected to my NAS using windows explorer, by entering \\DS412 in windows explorer. It prompted me for a username and password. I entered them and then the DS412 showed up under Network in Explorer. Worked fine. The share was listed by NET USE…
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Why do things break when using DFS/Folder Redirection?

Here are two slightly different, but similar scenarios: There is an S:\ drive mapped to \\server\share. A DFS namespace is then implemented, with S:\ changed to \\domain.local\dfs\share (which is pointing to the legacy share). Now, some files with…
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Windows share: The specified network name is no longer available

We've got an EMC NX4 SAN box serving a CIFS share to a number of Windows Server 2008 R2 app servers. The app servers are using the CIFS share to serve lots of image files (~2500 ops/sec on the share), however neither the SAN nor the app servers are…
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Adding virtual directory in IIS which points to shared path on another machine without AD

I have machines EXTERNAL and INTERNAL (lets call them EXT and INT). Both machines are not part of AD (no network accounts, only local ones) and both machines have Administrator accounts using different credentials (hence forget about pass-thru). Now…
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Windows file explorer using port 80 (webdav) instead of 445 (samba smb cifs) for UNC path

I have a Windows 7 Ultimate x86_64 machine, which is failing to access a network samba server. I launch the "Run" dialog, and type in \\192.168.x.x so I am bypassing DNS and NetBIOS name resolution, and broadcast discovery, just going directly to…
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Is there a performance difference between using local drives and equivalent UNC paths?

These two paths are equal: \\myhostname\c$\temp c:\temp Is there a performance difference between them? Specifically, long sequential reads and writes.
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Can you prevent IIS7/8 from monitoring UNC paths for web.config changes?

I have a web server which loads imagery from UNC filesystems for each site. These are added as a virtual directory for each site. These filesystems can contain thousands of folders and it appears that IIS is monitoring each folder for changes, which…
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How do I configure IIS to allow access to network resources for PHP scripts?

I am currently working on a PHP front-end that joins together a series of applications running on separate servers; many of these applications generate files that I need access to, but these files (for various reasons) reside on their parent…
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UNC Shortcut vs Mapped Network Drive

Is there any fundamental difference between mapping a network share and using a UNC shortcut in Windows (aside from the obvious loss of a drive letter)?
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Valid characters for network share

What characters are allowed and not allowed in Windows network share names? For example, are spaces or apostrophes allowed? E.g. \\srv1\my share\ and \\srv1\foo'bar\
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Closing shared folder sessions remotely

Introduction: I have a script which copies some data from the local server (Server A) to another server (Server B) through an UNC path, the share in the Server B was created for an external hard disk which is changed every day, after the external…
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domain name UNC path is inaccessible if one domain controller goes down

I have two domain controllers set up something like this: ServerA.mydomain.local: 10.10.10.2 (Windows Server 2008) ServerB.mydomain.local: 10.10.10.3 (Windows server 2008 R2) For login scripts and the like, I use the path:…
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