This did only happen once, though, after we had intentionally tried to push the program to its limits. Every time we tried to connect a new drive it complained of initialization problems, recommending that we reinstall if they continued. After a hard testing session, opening and closing multiple servers, allocating and deallocating a host of different drive letters, the program just stopped working. And you can optionally set up NetDrive to automatically log on to these sites when the system starts, which means you may never have to worry about these low-level details again.Īnd when you’ve finished, you can explicitly close the connection by clicking the Disconnect button within NetDrive, or just close your system as usual and the program will handle this automatically. You can tell NetDrive not to save the site password, perhaps useful for security. You can choose a local drive, for instance, to make sure it always uses the same one (important if you want to use the space as a backup destination, say). You’re also able to customize each bookmark with a few key local elements, though. And you’ll then add individual sites to each folder, again starting with the basics: the URL, port, login details and so on. This works much like any bookmarking system, so if you’ve several sites then you can create multiple folders to help keep them organized. It’s just as easy to add your own sites to the program. You can drag and drop files, create folders, select and right-click items and use all the regular menu options, just as you always would - very convenient. But otherwise there’s nothing else to do, no special rules to learn or remember. As an example, Microsoft Word can directly open and edit remote documents.
In addition to the above tools, the Microsoft Office products have built in WebDAV support. Total Commander together with the WebDAV plugin provides a FTP like interface to a WebDAV server. Performance is unsurprisingly a big issue, and it’s hard to forget you’re accessing a remote site when it takes several seconds to do absolutely anything at all. WebDrive is a robust product, but a bit pricey. Choose the local drive letter you’d like to allocate to the server, click Connect, and an Explorer window will open at that site. To help you get started, the program comes with a built-in library of public FTP servers (Box.net, Mydrive, Microsoft, Apple and more), each of which includes key details like the site name and type, port, user name and password.
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