Creating a My Network Place Connection

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Description:
The old way of getting to your web pages was through mapped drives. However, those procedures have been scrapped. These new procedures help you create a 'connection' to your web so that you can save files to it, organized files within, and be able to delete files.

Note 1: You can use these same steps to create a connection to your web on your home computer.

Note 2: You MUST have a My Network connection in order for you to save files into your web.

Note 3: With the new mandatory profile, it would be best to follow step 8 to place a connection into your @shortcuts folder. The connection listed in the My Network Place may not remain there after your next login with this new mandatory profile, but it will remain within the @shortcuts folder

	If there isn't a My Network Places icon on the desktop, open up My Computer. Look on the left side of the window for a link going to My Network Places and click.	or
	Look for, and click on an icon or text similar to the one to the right Click
	Click "Choose another network location" and again click
	In the Internet or network address field, type in the following: Click
	When prompted for your username and password.... Don't forget that the backward slash (above the Enter key)
	Type in whatever you wish for the name of this connection.
	Once you press Finish, again you will be prompted to put in your Username and password, as in step 5 from above. When this window opens, you'll see all the files within your web. If you're doing this process at schoo...you're not quite done. Read on.
	Okay, the connection has been made, but we now need to get it into the @shortcuts folder which can be seen on your desktop. So... Minimize all open windows Click on the My Network Places taskbar button at the bottom of the screen so you can see that window. If need be, move the window so that you can see the desktop Click, hold, and drag the icon for your network connection over and on top of the @shortcuts folder. When it darkens, release the mouse button and a 'shortcut' to your connection will have been placed into the shortcut folder.

	See the whole process


This page last updated: Wednesday February 28, 2007	Questions regarding this page? Click here	Author: Kurt Thonnings