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OK, now that I've googled "How to map an FTP drive in Windows", I don't feel so bad. Microsoft doesn't make it obvious. -- nm

Posted by Mop🧹 (aka rburriel) May 7 '24, 09:25

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why you need to do this? -- nm - colin May 7, 09:55 1
- Internal appliance has files that need to be accessed by contractors. Appliance only runs an FTP server, no SMB. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 10:48
That's a thing? Why does Windows even have that functionality much less make it obvious? -- nm - JD May 7, 09:54 2
- It's oddly part of the "Network Places" feature. Not sure if the FTP part came with it originally but that feature dates back to Windows 95 -- nm - oblique May 7, 09:56 1
  - That makes way more sense to me. So it's something from back in the day that remains buried in the code -- nm - JD May 7, 10:03
This might be one of the oldest documents in my internal KB. It is so obscure -- nm - oblique May 7, 09:53
Glad we are here to help you though this terribly dramatic and life-changing journey. -- nm - con_carne May 7, 09:29

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