Assign drive letters
Assign driver letter to OneDrive for Business library
With this setting, you can configure a drive letter for the OneDrive for Business library.
The default value is H:
You can configure this feature with the following options alternatively:
Preferences menu
GPO/Intune
Please use our ADMX template to configure this setting or via Intune management.
Policy name: Connect drive
After applying the policy, restarting the machine is required
KONNEKT 2.6.0 and newer:
| Policy-setting | Value | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
Not configured | N/A | KONNEKT will assign H: to the OneDrive for Business document library by default. User can change the setting in the preferences menu. OneDrive is mapped to H: by default. |
Disabled | N/A | KONNEKT will not assign any drive letter to the OneDrive for Business document library. User can not change the setting in the preferences menu. |
Enabled | <drive-letter>: (e.g. "H:") | KONNEKT will assign the configured drive letter to the OneDrive for Business document library. User can not change the setting in the preferences menu. |
KONNEKT older than 2.6.0
| Policy-setting | Value | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
Not configured | N/A | KONNEKT will assign H: to the OneDrive for Business document library by default. User can change the setting in the preferences menu. OneDrive is mapped to H: by default. |
Disabled | N/A | KONNEKT will assign and map the default drive letter! To disable drive mappings to the OneDrive for Business document library, you should enable the policy and set the Drive under Options to Disabled. Config item in preferences menu will be disabled for change by user. |
Enable | "Disabled" | KONNEKT will not assign a drive letter to the OneDrive for Business document library. Config item in preferences menu will be disabled for change by user. |
Enable | <drive-letter>: (e.g. "H:") | KONNEKT will assign the configured drive letter to the OneDrive for Business document library. Config item in preferences menu will be disabled for change by user. |
Registry
Key name: ConnectDrive
Key type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Assign drive letters to other folders using "net use"
You can assign a drive letter to a KONNEKT folder, by using the net use command.
Usage
For more information on the net use command see here, or run net use /? in your command prompt.
Make sure to run CMD without admin rights to avoid any connecting errors for normal users.
Note: if the name of Folder contains spaces you have to but the UNC-Path in " " like in the next example.
Example:
Result:
Assign drive letters with Managed Mappings
You can map drive letters to sites and libraries with Managed Mappings.
There are several ways to apply the policy:
manually by adding the key in the registry under machine or user registry settings
via GPO, see settings via GPO
pushing policies via Intune, see settings for Intune Managed Devices
Policies stored in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\GlueckKanja\Konnekt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\GlueckKanja\Konnekt
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