September 2010 was a very busy month for us so I didn’t really have time to write my usual 4 blogs a month. I’m 2 down at the moment so I thought I’d publish this one as it’s been sitting in my system for a while waiting for me to pad it out with one of my nice stories you like ;) Windows is a bit of a pain when it comes to networking. All that additional security they’ve added is a bit pointless and to be honest I don’t really know anyone who uses it. Anything more than user, group and other adds unnecessary complication. Un*x has survived for the last 30 years without much problem and has helped administrators build working environments which are easy to manage and straightforward to look after. When was the last time you were shouting “Why are you not working” at your Micro$oft machine. It’s seems like a daily event. Don’t even get me started on MicrosoftNLB with multiple NICs - Jesus! But that’s a story for another time. Anyway before I get too carried away I’m adding this to my pet gripes. How do I list all the folders (or shares) I have? In the wonderful world of Windows where there’s no such thing as a command line there’s no way to get this information - you just have to remember yourself. Well if you manage more than 1 machine then things start to get a little more difficult. So here’s what you do, drop to a command line - that’s the black box thing which lets you do all the really useful stuff and type:

C:\>net share
Share name   Resource                        Remark
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IPC$                                         Remote IPC
D$           D:\                             Default share
ADMIN$       C:\WINDOWS                      Remote Admin
C$           C:\                             Default share
projects     C:\projects
installer    C:\MyStuff\Installer\AdvInst
q            C:\Shared
The command completed successfully.