Accessing OneDrive and Other Cloud Storage Services From Swizznet-Windows 10+

Applies to: All hosting customers.
Prerequisites: Windows PC with OneDrive installed.

Summary

Any drive mapping on your local PC will show in Swizznet.

To access OneDrive resources from Swizznet, map a drive to your local OneDrive folder.

Procedure

Open File Explorer on your local desktop. Drag OneDrive from the left column to the desktop so that you create a shortcut.

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Right click on the shortcut then select Properties.

Copy the Target path shown under the shortcut tab.

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In File Explorer click on This PC, then click on Computer at the top.

Click the Map network drive button.

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Pick the drive letter you want to use. (Do not use C: or H:).

Paste the path copied from the shortcut Target field into the Folder field here then change the path, replacing the C: portion of the path with \\localhost\C$. E.g.,

“C:\Users\username\OneDrive - Hosting Enterprises, Inc., dba Swizznet” is changed to,
\\localhost\C$\Users\username\OneDrive - Hosting Enterprises, Inc., dba Swizznet - NOTE: NO QUOTES

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Click Finish.

Log on to Swizznet and the newly mapped drive to your OneDrive resources will show and the content accessible.

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