net use command to show _all_ connections

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When I type net use as Admin on my Windows 7 Machine, I see no shared drives mounted. However, there are drives connected by users. When I start the windows cmd shell with one of these users, I see these drives listed with net use.

How do you list the drives mounted by all users on Windows 7?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:58

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The net use command refers to the currently logged in user(*). Nothing more, nothing less.

It is possible to authenticate as another user as part of a net use command of course, but that's about as multi-user as it gets.

The NET command is an old lan manager command, essentially, and commands like net use are designed to allow a user to manage their connections, not a sysadmin to manage a machine.

answered Mar 10 '14 at 11:58

Rob Moir

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IThis explains why it doesn't work but doesn't address the OP question of how he or she can list the drives mounted by all the users. – Rex Mar 10 '14 at 13:45
`How do you list the drives mounted by all users on Windows 7?` -- technically it is still just the `net use` command, you just run it twice. Once for the normal user token and once for the admin token. – TheCleaner Mar 10 '14 at 14:11

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '14 at 10:42

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This really probably belongs on SuperUser, but:

You could write a script that searches through the HKEY_USERS hive in the registry. In particular, the HKEY_USERS\<UserSID>\Network has keys for each drive mapped.

answered Mar 10 '14 at 10:42

Rex

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is the net command that limited? – oz123 Mar 10 '14 at 10:43
@Oz123 Yes, it is. It's from the ol' DOS days... – Nathan C Mar 10 '14 at 13:11

net use command to show _all_ connections

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