Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

My Network Places

Synopsis

Browses for network resources.

To Launch

• Desktop → My Network Places

• My Computer Places → click the My Network Places link (web content must first be enabled using Folder Options)

• Windows Explorer → select My Network Places in left pane → click Folders button on toolbar

• Internet Explorer → type C: in Address bar → press Enter → click Up button on toolbar twice → double-click on My Network Places

• Command interpreter → start c: → press Enter → click Up button on toolbar twice → double-click on My Network Places

• Command interpreter → explorer → press Enter → click Up button on toolbar twice → double-click on My Network Places

Description

My Network Places is an all-in-one browsing tool that can be used to browse the filesystem of the local computer, shared folders and printers on the network, objects in Active Directory, and web content on the Internet. Really, this tool is just another incarnation of Windows Explorer—as is My Computer—so for a general discussion of this tool, see Windows Explorer in this chapter.

Inside My Network Places

One thing to note, however, are the kinds of icons that are displayed when you open My Network Places by double-clicking on it:

Add Network Place

This starts a wizard that can be used to create shortcuts to network resources such as shared folders (enter a UNC path) or web and FTP sites (enter a URL). Note that if you specify a URL, the wizard must be able to connect to the remote web or FTP site in order to create the shortcut. ...