Copy UNC network path (not drive letter) for paths on mapped drives from Windows Explorer

Question

I just did a fresh update to Windows 11 on my Lenovo Thinkpad. While coping the path (I believe it is UNC path ) for files on Mapped drive. I cannot copy the full path on the file instead only my local Mapped drive Name with the file name.

Example: I have a file in my "Q:" drive, \cartman\users\emueller, and I want to send a link to the file foo.doc therein to coworkers. When I copy the file path (shift+right click, "copy as path") it gets the file name "Q:\foo.doc" in the clipboard. This is unhelpful to others, who would need to see \cartman\users\emueller\foo.doc to be able to consume the link.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Please try these steps:

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type net use command and press Enter.
3. You should now have all mapped drives listed in the command result. You can copy the full path from the command line itself.
4. Or use net use > drives.txt command and then save the command output to a text file. Open it with Notepad and then copy the full path from there.

Here is a similar thread for your reference: Any way to copy a full network path on Windows 10? - Microsoft Community

I hope the information above is helpful.

Best Regards,

Yanhong Liu

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