Access host drive from command prompt in xp mode


  1. oggie
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    Access host drive from command prompt in xp mode


    Hi All,

    This might be a silly question, but I'm having a terrible time trying to access files on the host machine (Windows 7) through the command prompt within the Virtual Machine (XP). I can see the drives in Explorer (e.g. C on VAULT_CORE_I&) and I see \\tsclient\c in the prompt, but I have no idea how to access the drive from the prompt.

    I'm trying to help out a colleague who runs an old FORTRAN compiler and does alot of his engineering calcs with it, and would not work in Windows 7 (but it is working in XP Mode). However, I'd like to keep the files on his Windows 7 machine and not contain them inside the virtual machine.

    Any help is much appreciated.

    Oggie
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  3. huisinro
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    I think you can map a network drive, e.g., H:, to \\tsclient\c, then use H: from command prompt.
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  4. oggie
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    mapping to \\tsclient\c


    I tried mapping through the Windows Explorer within the XP Mode, but couldn't see the host drive (\\tsclient\c) when I tried to map it. Is there another way to map?
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  6. huisinro
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    Do you have intergration enabled? Can you access host drives from Windows Explorer?

    I can easily map them, and can access them from cmd prompt, e.g.

    dir \\tsclient\c

    works
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  7. oggie
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    Yup, integration is enabled. I can acess the host drives from Windows Explorer. The funny thing is, while "dir \\tsclient\c" works, that is I can see the list of files/directories with the command, I can't make it the active drive.

    I can't figure out how to map, say, a drive letter to it. If I could, then I could go to z:, then cd to the directory I want to work in. Is there a way to map it to a drive letter or otherwise make it the active drive at the command prompt?
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  8. huisinro
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    can you try to run "net use H: \\tsclient\c" in cmd?
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  10. oggie
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    that worked perfect, thank you so much.
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  11. wjb7
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    "net use" helped me also. Can now run dos programs. thanks.
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