Windows – How to Connect to an SMB Share

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I have a smb share set up (the link smb://a.b.c.d/sharename) that I am attempting to connect to from Windows.

I'd like to either connect directly using a browser or mount the share to a virtual drive.

The problem is I can't seem to get it to work properly. Can anyone let me know how this works?

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit

Best Answer

You should be seeing the share in the Network neighborhood and be able to use it from there. Just open Windows Explorer and click on Network.

If you cannot see it, then you have a connectivity problem with the sharing computer.

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So I spent a while a few months back brute forcing every cifs option to try to get it to work and this is what I found that kind of works.

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When I say kind of works I mean it works once then you have to unmount and reconnect...

I just use it for copying single games occasionally.

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