In Windows VISTA

Creating a Webdav connection to a NetFiles folder



In Windows VISTA



Creating a connection to your NetFiles Home directory

Note: in order to use this feature you need to be running Windows Vista SP2 or later.

 Click “Start.”

 Select “Computer.”

 Open the Context menu (right-click or press the Context key).

 Select "Map Network Drive..."

 Press Enter.

 When prompted for the Internet or Network address, enter the following information, replacing

“{InternetID}” with your university user name.

https://netfiles.umn.edu/users/{InternetID}

 Click Finish.

 When prompted for a user name and password, enter your university user name and password.

A network drive will appear in the Computer folder. You can drag files to and from this folder and open files as you

would for any other drive.



Creating a connection to your NetFiles DS directory

Note: in order to use this feature you need to be running Windows Vista SP2 or later.

 Click “Start.”

 Select “Computer.”

 Open the Context menu (right-click or press the Context key).

 Select "Map Network Drive..."

 Press Enter.

 When prompted for the Internet or Network address, enter the following information, replacing

“{InternetID}” with your university user name.

https://netfiles.umn.edu/oed/DS/DocCon/Student/YourFirstName_YourLastName_{InternetID}

When prompted for a user name and password, enter your university user name and password.

A network drive will appear in the Computer folder. You can copy files from this folder as you would for any other

drive.