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Nexthink Library

Network Drives

1.0.0.0 - 19 Jun 2019 - Initial release
Install

Content

Remote actions - 2
Get Network Drives Map Network Drive

Required Modules

Nexthink Act

Platforms

Windows 7
Windows 8.1
Windows 10

Compatibility

V6.14 and later

Description

This Library pack is a collection of different Remote Action scripts which help retrieving and mapping the network drives.Please use the links on the left menu to learn more about the function and range of action of each script.

Versions

  • 1.0.0.0 - 19 Jun 2019 - Initial release

Get Network Drives

Script Description

Retrieves the network drives for a user on a device.

Execution context and suggested scheduling

Run the script as 'interactive user'. The script should be executed manually.

A timeout of 120 seconds is recommended.

Parameters

None.

Outputs

Label Type Description
Mapped Network Drives StringList Active mapped network drives
Other Mapped Network Drives StringList Active mapped network drives (used only if character count exceeded 1020)

Map Network Drive

Script Description

This script allows you to map certain network drives (e.g. F:/ to smb//my_network_folder), or to recreate them in case they disappeared (which helps to resolve an incident quickly without the need for access to Group Policies).

Execution context and suggested scheduling

Run the script as 'interactive user'. The script should be executed manually.

A timeout of 120 seconds is recommended.

Parameters

Label Description
Drive Letter or letters separated by commas to assign the network drive
Network Path Absolute path or paths separated by commas
Delay In Seconds Number of seconds (0..30) to delay the execution to avoid network overload

Outputs

Label Type Description
Map Status String Result of execution
Mapped Network Drives StringList List of mapped network drives

Further Information

Network paths cannot contain commas. Even though a comma is allowed in Windows paths, it is used by Nexthink to split parameters into multiple values.

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