Getting Sharename using FSO

[DanWorrall]

When using the FileSystemObject from the MS Scripting Runtime; i'm trying to extrapolate the Sharename of a drive.

When looking at other code, it appears that the drivetype must be 3 (Network shared), I'm using Windows XP Sp1 and my drives are shared, but the FSO reports them as being DriveType 2, so i can't get the sharename.
Does anyone know of any other way to extrapolate the sharename from a drive other than the FSO?

Thanks

 

[TheBitDoctor]

DanWorrall:

Your getting DriveType 2 because the drives are fixed discs local to your machine. If you map a drive to a network share then you'll get DriveType 3 and you'll be able to determine what share name you used to connect to that server.

I don't know of any fuction that will expose the available shares on a remote server without connecting to that server first. I think you need to establish authority before you can view that information and you can't establish authority without knowing a share to connect to.

Also, since any directory on a drive can be shared it's hard to say which is 'THE' share name. If you want a list of available share names for your local machine you can use the 'net share' function of a windows shell:

Dim WshShell
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot

WshShell.Exec("%comspec% /c net share > C:\ShareNames.txt&quot

Then you can parse the text file to find the share your interested in. 'C:\' for example.

Ron