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Better use of Windows Live SkyDrive - Map SkyDrive folder as a network driveArticle ID: 2478800 - View products that this article applies to. MORE INFORMATIONSYMPTOMSI would like to access via Windows Explorer on my Windows Live SkyDrive folder. Is there a way for this? RESOLUTION Map Windows Live SkyDrive as a network drive - prerequisites To implement the following procedure, you need to be running Windows 7 and Office 2010. This is not possible with earlier versions. In addition, you must first set up Windows Live ID online provider. Set up Windows Live ID online provider 1. Click the Start button. Collapse this image  2. In the search box, type suser accounts. Collapse this image  3. Click User Accounts in the Control Panel list. Collapse this image  4. In the left pane, click Link online ID. Collapse this image  5. In the dialog box, click Add an online ID provider. Collapse this image  6. Your browser will automatically go to this page: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/online-id-providers
(http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/online-id-providers)
, if you are connected to the Internet. Then, click the Download button for your operating system.Collapse this image  7. Click Save, and then select a location to save the file. Collapse this image  8. To start installing the file, click Run. Then follow the installation instructions. Collapse this image  9. After the installation is complete, click Finish. Collapse this image  Connect with Windows Live Office The next step, you connect Office 2010 with Windows Live. You can use any Office 2010 application. In this example, Word 2010 is used. 1. Start Word 2010, and then click File. Collapse this image  2. Click Save & Send. Collapse this image  3. Click Save to Web. Collapse this image  4. In the right pane, you now see the option Save to Windows Live. Click Sign in. Collapse this image  5. A login window appears. Type your Windows Live ID (email address), and your password. Collapse this image  6. Click OK. Collapse this image  7. The connection to the server is made immediately. You will then see in the right pane of your Windows Live SkyDrive folder. Select the folder to which you want to connect. Collapse this image  8. Click Save As. Collapse this image  9. Office connects to the Windows Live servers and displays again a Save As dialog box again. Right-click the address bar. Collapse this image  10. Click Copy address as text. You can then close the dialog box. Whether you actually save the file or cancel the operation, it does not matter. Tip: It makes sense you copy this string immediately in a text editor such as Notepad, so that you can access even to the correct address, if you perform other steps and copy new data to the Clipboard. Collapse this image  Connect Windows Live SkyDrive as a network drive in Windows Explorer 1. Start Windows Explorer, for example, by pressing [Windows key] + [E]. In the menu bar, click Map network drive. Collapse this image  2. In the next dialog box, the drive letter is Z intended to be the new drive connection. In the Folder field, paste the network address that you copied ealier. Collapse this image  3. Click Finish. Collapse this image  4. Windows immediately builds a connection to the server and shows you all files in the associated folder under drive letter Z . Repeat these steps if you want to include more SkyDrive folders as drives. Collapse this image  5. When you start the PC the next time, the drive will connect immediately, after you have logged in. The login window will appear automatically on your Windows desktop. If this is not the case, please double click the drive entry in the Windows Explorer. Collapse this image  PropertiesArticle ID: 2478800 - Last Review: March 16, 2012 - Revision: 3.0
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