# Shared Folders in Windows 10

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [22 August 2019 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655 "2019-08-22T17:11:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![thynes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thynes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thynes)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2019 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655/1 "2019-08-22T17:11:58Z")

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Hello, does anybody know the best way to share a networked drive in Node-Red using Windows 10.

I managed it fine in Linux with the fstab, but seems difficult in Windows 10.

I have tried fsops and file lister but these don't support shared or networked drives.

Any help much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![thatcadguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/thatcadguy/32/5273_2.png) [@thatcadguy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thatcadguy)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2019 20:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655/2 "2019-08-22T20:04:55Z")

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Are you trying to make a folder shared on a Windows 10 computer from Node-RED, or access files from a shared folder?

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**Author:** ![thynes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thynes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/thynes)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2019 20:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655/3 "2019-08-22T20:32:00Z")

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Trying to access a shared folder.

Tried the fs-ops, but it does not like the symbolic folder.

Basically it’s a network drive that I need to read and write from.

Any help much appreciated

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2019 20:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655/4 "2019-08-22T20:42:03Z")

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How are you accessing the share.

By mapped drive letter or by `\\server\share` ?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [22 August 2019 20:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/shared-folders-in-windows-10/14655/5 "2019-08-22T20:44:36Z")

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Considerations need to be made for both...

If it's a mapped drive, is node red running under the same account? (Mapped drives are per user)

Is you're accessing a UNC share, you might need to escape back slashes e.g.

`\\\\server\\share`