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Subject:Can't get there from here From:mlist -at- safenet-inc -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:55:38 -0500
Any networking gurus on the list today?
Let's say that, within a global organization (like.... oh... my employer, or
a government department, etc.) I have a file. It's in a subdirectory, which
is in a directory, which is on a server, which is connected to the
organization's network, in which at least some of the servers are
Windows-based, and most desktop users run Windows.
I can send an e-mail telling users in India or Hong Kong to go to:
"My Network Places > Entire Network > Microsoft Windows Network >
Ottawa\W2Kserver2\global_docs\Prod\rel_1-4\thefile.pdf"
That is, what they received from me is not a live link, but a set of manual
instructions that they must follow.
The recipient either can click about ten times to browse to that location,
or they can click down four levels, then cut'n'paste the final
backslash-delineated section as a location in Windows Explorer.
What I want to know is: Is there a way to make that whole mess into a
single, complete clickable link, so that no browsing and no cut'n'paste is
required? Just click, boom! You're there! Hmm?
The issues that I can see are:
1. The first several levels are littered with spaces...
2. At any given location, the computer that serves "My Network Places " to a
local user is a different computer from the one that serves "My Network
Places" to me or to somebody in Timbuktu... and the same at the "Entire
Network" level and the "Microsoft Windows Network" level. It's only when we
get down to "Ottawa\W2K..." that it will be common for everyone.
or
3. Maybe it's just our networking that's not well setup, and people in other
organizations don't have this roadblock, and would wonder what I'm talking
about...
or
4. I'm suffering from low-blood-sugar and just not seeing the obvious.
:-)
Kevin (in Ottawa, reaching for the Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa dark chocolate
bar)
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