File+Management

Often after engaging a VPN session the drive letters seem to disappear. This doesn’t mean you have lost access to those folders, it simply means you may need to access them through different means. This is frequently caused by the manner in which the computer was shutdown prior to being removed from the District or the manner in which the computer boots up and verifies your credentials as a valid user from a remote site (such as your home or a hotel, etc.).

An excellent alternative that does not rely on the boot-up process is to simply create a shortcut to those folder locations (also called ‘paths’) by doing the following:

1. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose New…, then select ‘Shortcut’. 2. In the field labeled “Type the Location of the item:” enter the following: a. For the “Z” drive enter \\appcluster\users\[your username] b. For the “Y” drive enter \\appcluster\DistrictShare c. For a building share, which for some is the “X” drive enter \\appcluster\NorthCoventryShare d. For the Student Shares enter “\\studentcluster\student shares” 3. Click Next. 4. Give your shortcut a name (this is what will appear below the icon). For instance ‘My Z Drive’. 5. Click Finish. 6. Double-clicking this shortcut either in the District or through a VPN session will access the folder or path you specified.

*Your username is your network login username, i.e. ‘JDoe’.

 *In the case of the building share, replace the words ‘NorthCoventry’ with your building name. Note: East Vincent’s share is called simply ‘VincentShare’.