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Storage Explorer, How to get it to see my internal network drives to upload data from.?

Harder, Jason 0 Reputation points
2023-07-11T18:12:13.6666667+00:00

I am trying to move data up into my storage container. However, the data is on a remote storage platform, and I can only access it remotely. However, storage explorer will not see my internal network drive locations to pull the data from. Has anyone found a workaround for this?

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  1. Luke Murray 11,246 Reputation points MVP
    2023-07-12T03:58:07.0433333+00:00

    Hi,

    I am 100% not sure if this will work, but this is what I would do:

    You could create a folder on your local drive and set it up with a symbolic link.

    A symbolic link will allow you to link two folders together, making it appear as if your share is on your local PC to many applications.

    Note: Make sure you test this with empty folders first before starting to look into shares with data.

    Refer: The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows

    Refer: Linkshell Extension

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