Document Name: MS Project 2010: How to Map a Network Drive to a SharePoint Site for File Management

Last Updated: 5/8/2023 Version: 1.0

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User Procedure

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Origination

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Windows SharePoint

An electronic copy of this document can be found in the 2010 User Documentation folder of the Shared Documents library in EPM 2010: http://us.project.umn.edu/PWA/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx

HOW TO MAP A NETWORK DRIVE TO A SHAREPOINT SITE FOR FILE MANAGEMENT

This documentation outlines how to map a network drive to an existing SharePoint Site document library so documents can be saved directly to the site through the mapped drive on your computer.

1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the SharePoint site you want to create a shortcut to. For example:

http://us.project.umn.edu/PWA/US%20Project%20Management%20Training/default.aspx

2. Click on the Project Documents link in the left navigation;

3. Click on the Library tab in the top navigation;

4. Click on the Open with Explorer button;

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5. You will be prompted to login to the Project Server. Enter your Active Directory credentials.

6. An Explorer window will open displaying the Project Documents for this SharePoint site;

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7. Now a drive has been automatically mapped to this location. To access the drive, go to your computers

Start menu and My Network Places;

8. In the My Network Places box, you will see a drive mapped to the URL that was just accessed. In this

example it was http://us.project.umn.edu/PWA/US%20Project%20Management%20Training/

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9. To rename this Shortcut, right click on the name and choose Properties;

10. Rename the drive and click OK;

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11. Double-click on the new name of the drive to test the location;

12. An Explorer window will open displaying the documents and folders associated with this SharePoint site;

Now you can drag and drop documents and folders directly from another location, or you can save documents

directly to this location.

NOTE: DO NOT DELETE THE FOLDER TITLED “FORMS”. THIS IS A SYSTEM FOLDER AND NEEDS TO BE HERE IN ORDER FOR THE SHAREPOINT SITE TO FUNCTION. DELETING THIS FOLDER WILL CORRUPT YOUR SHAREPOINT SITE AND IT WILL NOT BE ACCESSIBLE BY ANY USERS.

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