Get the current UNC path from a local path in powershell

Question

Assuming I have a mapped drive M:\ to \\SomeServer\SomeShare and in powershell I'm in the folder M:\SomeFolder how do I convert that to a UNC path, i.e. \\SomeServer\SomeShare\SomeFolder.

Answer 1

I'm fairly new to PowerShell, so the code below may be poor quality. However, it should get the information you want:

$currentDirectory = Get-Location
$currentDrive = Split-Path -qualifier $currentDirectory.Path
$logicalDisk = Gwmi Win32_LogicalDisk -filter "DriveType = 4 AND DeviceID = '$currentDrive'"
$uncPath = $currentDirectory.Path.Replace($currentDrive, $logicalDisk.ProviderName)

$uncPath should contain the UNC path that you are looking for.

Answer 2

For any one interested in the RunAs script for StExBar it is:

param([string] $username)

$path = Get-Location
$currentDrive = Split-Path -qualifier $path
$logicalDisk = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -filter "DeviceID = '$currentDrive'"

if ($logicalDisk.DriveType -eq 4)
{
    $path = Join-Path $logicalDisk.ProviderName (Split-Path -NoQualifier $path)
}

$systemroot = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory

&"$systemroot\runas.exe" /user:$username "$systemroot\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoExit -Command \`" &{ Set-Location '$path' }\`""

And the command line in StExBar is:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command "&{ &'%homedrive%%homepath%\RunAs.ps1' 'domain\username' }"

Replace the path with where ever you keep the RunAs.ps1 script, I like to store mine in the root of my home folder.