I am attempting to change directories to a file server such as:
cd \\someServer\\someStuff\
However, I get the following error:
CMD does not support UNC paths as
current directories
What are my options to navigate to that directory?
Windows – How to handle “CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories”
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You can create a symbolic link with the command line utility mklink.
MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target
/D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file
symbolic link.
/H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/J Creates a Directory Junction.
Link specifies the new symbolic link name.
Target specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
refers to.
Symbolic links via mklink are available since Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 you can use
fsutil hardlink create <destination filename> <source filename>
According to msdn.microsoft, Symbolic Links are NOT supported on FAT16/32 and exFAT. It seems Windows only supports them from or to NTFS-Partitions. Future Windows operating systems are likely to continue support for mklink.
You can read further information about this new feature on Microsoft TechNet, Junfeng Zhang's blog or howtogeek.com.
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Best Answer
If you're considering scripting it, it's always helpful to learn about the
pushdandpopdcommands. Sometimes you can't be sure what drives letters are already used on the machine that the script will run on and you simply need to take the next available drive letter. Sincenet usewill require you to specify the drive, you can simply usepushd \\server\folderand thenpopdwhen you're finished.