1. I had a router with 2 usb drives attached to it. I was able to access the drives from Win7 using the naming convention \\USBROUTERDRIVES as the root. For the first drive I could us \\USBROUTERDRIVES\Drive1 which I mapped to T: and \\USBROUTERDRIVES\Drive2 which I mapped to U:. In Windows explorer the drives appeared as:
Drive1(\\ROUTERUSBDRIVES)(T:) (Go ahead, ask me how I was able to put a colon and parenthesis together without a happy face)
Drive2(\\/ROUTERUSBDRIVES)(U:) (Go ahead, ask me how I was able to put a colon and parenthesis together without a happy face...there I did it again)
To open the files in an MS OFFICE app, I would enter \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\Filename.ppt and there was never an issue with the file opening.
I would access the files this way because windows and the router had a habit of changing the mapping, sometimes exchanging the T for the U. By using the NAME instead of the drive letter, I avoided this problem.
2. When I replaced the router(different manufacturer but 2 USB ports), I first removed the references the to access the USB drives I had to use the naming convention \\192.168.1.1 to access the drives, such as \\192.168.1.1\Drive1. However, that played havoc with all of my document links, which used \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1. So, I in Windows Explorer, I renamed 192.168.1.1 to ROUTERUSBDRIVES.
3. Now the odd part is, when opening the file by SELECTING it from the RECENT FILES list, where the filename is shown to be \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\filename.ppt the file will open without issue. However, if I enter in the filename \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\filename.ppt the file is not found.
4. Further investigation- In my MS Office apps, I display the WEB DOCUMENT LOCATION box. Even though I select a recent file with a name of \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\filename.ppt, the WEB DOCUMENT LOCATION BOX shows \\192.168.1.1\Drive1\filename.ppt .
So basically my question is how do I get my Win7 to recognize that \\192.168.1.1 is the same as \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES?
Thank you.
Drive1(\\ROUTERUSBDRIVES)(T:) (Go ahead, ask me how I was able to put a colon and parenthesis together without a happy face)
Drive2(\\/ROUTERUSBDRIVES)(U:) (Go ahead, ask me how I was able to put a colon and parenthesis together without a happy face...there I did it again)
To open the files in an MS OFFICE app, I would enter \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\Filename.ppt and there was never an issue with the file opening.
I would access the files this way because windows and the router had a habit of changing the mapping, sometimes exchanging the T for the U. By using the NAME instead of the drive letter, I avoided this problem.
2. When I replaced the router(different manufacturer but 2 USB ports), I first removed the references the to access the USB drives I had to use the naming convention \\192.168.1.1 to access the drives, such as \\192.168.1.1\Drive1. However, that played havoc with all of my document links, which used \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1. So, I in Windows Explorer, I renamed 192.168.1.1 to ROUTERUSBDRIVES.
3. Now the odd part is, when opening the file by SELECTING it from the RECENT FILES list, where the filename is shown to be \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\filename.ppt the file will open without issue. However, if I enter in the filename \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\filename.ppt the file is not found.
4. Further investigation- In my MS Office apps, I display the WEB DOCUMENT LOCATION box. Even though I select a recent file with a name of \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES\Drive1\filename.ppt, the WEB DOCUMENT LOCATION BOX shows \\192.168.1.1\Drive1\filename.ppt .
So basically my question is how do I get my Win7 to recognize that \\192.168.1.1 is the same as \\ROUTERUSBDRIVES?
Thank you.
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