Why isn't this working in Visual Basic?

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Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Shell("net use F: \\Servername\share")
End Sub

I understand there are other ways to do this but this is my question. Last time someone answered don't map a drive use UNC path and gave no example code and never answered my question. I am new to programming and this seems to be the easiest way.

Posted 13-Oct-15 6:37am

Member 11866893

Updated 13-Oct-15 7:05am

Maciej Los

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phil.o 13-Oct-15 12:44pm

You forgot to describe the problem... 'Not working' is not a valid issue description.

Member 11866893 13-Oct-15 13:09pm

Where in my question did I say not working? I said isn't. I am asking if it will work or should work and if not what is wrong with it and how do I fix it? I tried it and when I click the button I get no errors and it doesn't map the drive.

phil.o 13-Oct-15 13:14pm

Hum...
Your question is the title, in fact. This is the only element holding a question mark on its end.
And it says: 'Why isn't this working in Visual Basic?'

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Solution 2

Net use command[^] connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource, or displays information about computer connections.

In VB.NET you have to use ManagementClass class[^].

Please, see: How to share the folder using vb.net code[^]

Note: a user which runs such of programme need to have proper permissions to do that.

Posted 13-Oct-15 7:12am

Maciej Los

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Oct-15 14:44pm

5ed.
—SA

Maciej Los 13-Oct-15 14:57pm

Thank you, Sergey.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-13T06:56:00

Solution 1

I would strongly recommend avoiding to use Basic-specific API at all, focusing on legitimate .NET FCL, where you can use, in particular, the class System.Diagnostics.Process:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^],
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.start%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

—SA

Posted 13-Oct-15 6:56am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Maciej Los 13-Oct-15 13:07pm

Hmmm... Seems you misunderstood OP's issue. I think Hi/She has got a problem with sharing forlders in LAN. But, can be wrong. Please, see my answer, Sergey.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Oct-15 14:47pm

Thank you for the note. You see, the inquirer did not properly formulate "not working" and still did not admit it — please see the comment to the question by phil.o.
And my advice to use pure .NET FCL is still valid and pretty useful, even if it wasn't a particular problem here (yet :-)...
Also note that the inquirer reported that my advice worked out.
—SA

Maciej Los 13-Oct-15 14:57pm

I was wrong... Sometimes, when an issue is not well formulated, a guess what OP had meant is very random ;)
5ed!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Oct-15 16:12pm

Thank you, Maciej.
—SA