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I have a UNC Share folder with the following path 

\\192.168.0.100\SharedTemp\MuhammedRauf\UNC

How do I know the physical path of the above (using net share or any other tools in Windows 7)?

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It would be good to know if you are referring to your local machine or another machine in the network. The second option is tougher to accomplish, see my answer below for possible solution. – Sharken Jun 13 '11 at 10:04
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If you have access to the pc that act as a "file server" I do this using right click on computer and then I select "Manage" and then in shares you can find where the share is stored on physical disk. This also work (if you have user/pass) connecting your microsoft management console (mmc.exe) to a remote host.

Just ask for any details: I'll be glad to help :)

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You can try one of these :

  • Run cmd to get to a command prompt. From there you type net share. In the first column it shows the name of the share and the second column shows the actual location.
  • Run regedit to get to the registry database. From there navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\LanmanServer\Shares

The solutions below does not work properly, but since you are running Windows7 you could try PsExec like this: psexec -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD \\REMOTE-PC net share

EDIT: The script below does not work properly

These methods only work if you are referring to UNC paths on your local machine. If not you should upload a small visual basic script and name it showcurrentfolder.vbs :

currentDirectory = left(WScript.ScriptFullName,(Len(WScript.ScriptFullName))-(len(WScript.ScriptName)))
WScript.Echo currentDirectory

All you need to do now is navigate to your UNC path above and run it.

EDIT: The script below does not work properly

Try this if the network pc is running Linux/Mac:

Upload this small script as showcurrentfolder.htm and run it :

<HTML><HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var path = location.pathname;
document.write("<center>" + path + "</center>");
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD></HTML>
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I created the file and ran it. It comes and closes very quickly. – Muhammed Rauf K Jun 13 '11 at 10:08
Try the new solution i just added. – Sharken Jun 13 '11 at 10:47
The network pc is running windows 7. I got the following when I opened "showcurrentfolder.htm" /SharedTemp/MuhammedRauf/UNC/path.html – Muhammed Rauf K Jun 13 '11 at 10:59
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