How do I find the UNC path for my mapped drive?

Overview

This article describes how to find the UNC path for my mapped drive.

Instructions

UNC stands for 'Unified Naming Convention' and is a filename format used to specify the location of files, folders and resources on a network.

These steps are relevant for all Windows operating system versions.

1. Click the 'Windows' button on the taskbar
2. Scroll down through the Windows menu and click on 'Windows System'
3. Navigate to Search Menu on Task Bar
4. Type on 'Command Prompt'
5. In the command Prompt, type "Net Use" (no quotes)
6. You should see a table displaying your mapped drives arranged by letter.  One of the column headers of this table should read 'Remote'.  The values in this column are the UNC paths that correspond to the drive letter in column 'Local'.
7. To copy a value from this table, use your mouse pointer to click and drag across the value to select it.
8. Right-click on the highlighted value(s) to copy.  The value will cease to be highlighted, but the value has been copied to the Windows Clipboard.
9. You may now right-click and select 'Paste' in the text application of your choice such as Notepad, Word or Outlook to paste the desired value(s).

UNC stands for 'Unified Naming Convention' and is a filename format used to specify the location of files, folders and resources on a network.

These steps are relevant for all Windows operating system versions.

1. Click the 'Windows' button on the taskbar
    
2. ​​​​​​​Scroll down through the Windows menu and click on 'Windows System'
    
3. Click on 'Command Prompt'
    
4. In the command Prompt, type "Net Use" (no quotes)
    
5. You should see a table displaying your mapped drives arranged by letter.  One of the column headers of this table should read 'Remote'.  The values in this column are the UNC paths that correspond to the drive letter in column 'Local'.
    
6. To copy a value from this table, use your mouse pointer to click and drag across the value to select it.
    
7. Right-click on the highlighted value(s) to copy.  The value will cease to be highlighted, but the value has been copied to the Windows Clipboard.
    
8. You may now right-click and select 'Paste' in the text application of your choice such as Notepad, Word or Outlook to paste the desired value(s).
    

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