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BAT - Script to Map Drives

@echo off
:: Map Synology NAS shares and point the user shell folders at them.
:: Set these three values before running.
set NAS=\\NAS_HOST
set NASUSER=NAS_USER
set NASPASS=YOUR_PASSWORD

echo Mapping Synology NAS drives...

:: Map Documents drive
net use F: %NAS%\Documents /user:%NASUSER% %NASPASS% /persistent:yes
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully mapped Documents drive to F:
) else (
echo Failed to map Documents drive
)

:: Map Video drive
net use V: %NAS%\Video /user:%NASUSER% %NASPASS% /persistent:yes
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully mapped Video drive to V:
) else (
echo Failed to map Video drive
)

:: Map Photos drive
net use P: %NAS%\Photo /user:%NASUSER% %NASPASS% /persistent:yes
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully mapped Photos drive to P:
) else (
echo Failed to map Photos drive
)

:: Map Music drive
net use M: %NAS%\Music /user:%NASUSER% %NASPASS% /persistent:yes
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully mapped Music drive to M:
) else (
echo Failed to map Music drive
)

echo Drive mapping complete.

echo Changing user shell folder locations...

:: Change Documents location
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v Personal /t REG_SZ /d F:\ /f
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully changed Documents location to F:
) else (
echo Failed to change Documents location
)

:: Change Videos location
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "My Video" /t REG_SZ /d V:\ /f
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully changed Videos location to V:
) else (
echo Failed to change Videos location
)

:: Change Pictures location
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "My Pictures" /t REG_SZ /d P:\ /f
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully changed Pictures location to P:
) else (
echo Failed to change Pictures location
)

:: Change Music location
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /v "My Music" /t REG_SZ /d M:\ /f
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
echo Successfully changed Music location to M:
) else (
echo Failed to change Music location
)

echo Folder location changes complete.
echo Note: Sign out and back in (or restart Explorer) for the changes to take effect.

:: Optional: Restart Explorer
:: taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
:: start explorer.exe

::pause

 

Last verified: October 2026

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