BAT file to map to network drive without running as admin

Question

I'm trying to create a .bat file that will map to a network drive when it is clicked (it would be even better if it could connect automatically on login if connected to the network, otherwise do not connect)

What I have so far is:

net use P: "\\server\foldername\foldername"

Is there a way that I can create this so the users will not have to right click and run as an administrator? I would like it if they could just click the .bat file and it will map for them.

Answer 1

Save below in a test.bat and It'll work for you:

@echo off

net use Z: \\server\SharedFolderName password /user:domain\Username /persistent:yes

/persistent:yes flag will tell the computer to automatically reconnect this share on logon. Otherwise, you need to run the script again during each boot to map the drive.

For Example:

net use Z: \\WindowsServer123\g$ P@ssw0rd /user:Mynetdomain\Sysadmin /persistent:yes

Answer 2

I just figured it out! What I did was I created the batch file like I had it originally:

net use P: "\\server\foldername\foldername"

I then saved it to the desktop and right clicked the properties and checked run as administrator. I then copied the file to C:\Users\"TheUser"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Where "TheUser" was the desired user I wanted to add it to.

Answer 3

@echo off
net use z: /delete
cmdkey /add:servername /user:userserver /pass:userstrongpass

net use z: \\servername\userserver /savecred /persistent:yes
set SCRIPT="%TEMP%\%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%.vbs"

echo Set oWS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> %SCRIPT%
echo sLinkFile = "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\userserver_in_server.lnk" >> %SCRIPT%
echo Set oLink = oWS.CreateShortcut(sLinkFile) >> %SCRIPT%
echo oLink.TargetPath = "Z:\" >> %SCRIPT%
echo oLink.Save >> %SCRIPT%

cscript /nologo %SCRIPT%
del %SCRIPT%