Author:
Nirmal Sharma MVP
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SUMMARY
The following knowledgebase will explain the methods you can use to check the shared folders shared on local and remote computer.
MORE INFORMATION
To check on local computer:
You can use the following methods:
The first method is easy but includes a lot of efforts. You can navigate to the following location in registry after connecting to remote registry:
HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Shares
The above registry key includes the list of shared folders in right pane.
To check on a Remote Computer:
You can use the below script to check the list of shared folders on a remote computer:
@echo off
Srvlist=C:\Temp\Srvlist.txt
Echo Computer Name, Shared Folders Lists >> Result.csv
SET Share_name=
For /F “Tokens=*” %%a In (%srvlist%) Do (
Set Comp_name=%%a
Set RegQry=”\\%%a\HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Shares”
REG.exe Query %RegQry% > CheckCC.txt
FOR /f “Skip=4 Tokens=1” %%b in (CheckCC.txt) DO (
SET Share_name=%%b
Echo %Share_name% >> Result.csv
)
)
The above script will check remote computer for each registry entry in the right pane fto check the share name and the results will be saved in a CSV format file.
You can use the following methods:
- Connecting to Remote Registry Service
- Using a script
The first method is easy but includes a lot of efforts. You can navigate to the following location in registry after connecting to remote registry:
HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Shares
The above registry key includes the list of shared folders in right pane.
To check on a Remote Computer:
You can use the below script to check the list of shared folders on a remote computer:
@echo off
Srvlist=C:\Temp\Srvlist.txt
Echo Computer Name, Shared Folders Lists >> Result.csv
SET Share_name=
For /F “Tokens=*” %%a In (%srvlist%) Do (
Set Comp_name=%%a
Set RegQry=”\\%%a\HKLM\System\CurrentcontrolSet\Services\Lanmanserver\Shares”
REG.exe Query %RegQry% > CheckCC.txt
FOR /f “Skip=4 Tokens=1” %%b in (CheckCC.txt) DO (
SET Share_name=%%b
Echo %Share_name% >> Result.csv
)
)
The above script will check remote computer for each registry entry in the right pane fto check the share name and the results will be saved in a CSV format file.