Comments on: How-to: Connect Your SkyDrive In Windows Explorer

By: Pierre

Pierre — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:17:49 +0000

Pfff, u are as***le, i give the solution a few days ago and u make like u find it!

F*** off stupid!

By: darren

darren — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:38:22 +0000

http://skydrivesimpleviewer.codeplex.com/
This worked for me

By: Theo

Theo — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:07:08 +0000

Office 2010 approach WORKS for me.

I am using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Office 2010 32-bit beta. Latest updates installed. Can map drive or add a network location using the same method for each folder. Can also add a network location in WinXP (latest updates installed) but cannot map a network drive.

Does appear to ask for a password the first time I connect after restarting the computer (even if I opt to save password) but I can live with this, I guess (unless there’s a solution?).

Thank you all.

By: How To Map SkyDrive as a Network Drive in Windows 7 | 1337h4×0r3d

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:24:45 +0000

[...] so it looks like just another drive on the system. His procedure is described in detail in the post How-to: Connect Your SkyDrive in Windows Explorer. I will recap the procedure here – this procedure is for Windows 7. It works pretty much the same [...]

By: John Howarth

John Howarth — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:57:11 +0000

NR’s solution in the comment above (headed “*****PROBLEM SOLVED – ACCESS SKYDRIVE ANY FOLDER FROM MY COMPUTER*****”) worked for me! Thank you Klaus and NR!

I’m using Windows 7 Professional 64bit and Office 2010 Beta.

By: nambi

nambi — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:03:02 +0000

Thanks Bruce…that worked for me..thanks for sharing..

By: Bruce W

Bruce W — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:16:53 +0000

I have now gotten this to work on Windows XP and Windows 7. The key (as stated earlier) is to use SkyDrive Simple Viewer (http://skydrivesimpleviewer.codeplex.com/ ) to determine the exact URL of your SkyDrive. I did have to enter my credentials a couple times in Windows 7 before it took. In Windows XP, it does help to add the URL into Network Places first.

One thing that is annoying is Win XP gives a “delayed write error” on almost every file I copy. The error is in the notification area (so it doesn’t stop the copy). But the files appear to have copied fine.

By: Jack Forrest

Jack Forrest — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:48:03 +0000

NRs method works, though if the windows firewall is turned off.
Does anyone know which file to allow access to the firewall to allow this to work?

By: Burak

Burak — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:28:05 +0000

As in the model followed by MS in all products, you will need to wait until they release SkyDrive Service Pack 2 to be able to use it. Otherwise, just a fraction of lucky people will be blissfully ignorant of the pains the rest of us are going through.
Forget this crap.
Download GDrive from viksoe.dk, and use smaller but usable space by Google.

By: MK

MK — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:44:19 +0000

In Win7, I experienced the same difficulties (empty directory after map/log-in) like many others, and by following NR’s suggestion using Office 2010 Beta, I was able to map a drive.

By: Terry G.

Terry G. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:19:55 +0000

Gents, I also had the problem of error when mapping the drive. Note that Mapping Drives can be done from My Computer AND Network Places.

It is imperative it is done through Network Places as noted in the instructions above.

Also you HAVE to upgrade to .NET 3.5 SP1, I had .NET 2.0 and it just would not map any drive.

Download SkyDrive Simple Viewer here – http://skydrivesimpleviewer.codeplex.com/ – to get the exact address you need to type in the Mapped Drive location.

By: Windows Live SkyDrive no Explorer

Windows Live SkyDrive no Explorer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:00 +0000

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By: symp

symp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:34 +0000

Update,

Working with Win7, is the following ..
Find above post about Office 2010 Beta.
It works, you’ll be happy.
and you’ll get a full working beta suite of apps,
uninstalling it ok too,
skydrive will still work.

By: symp

symp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:30 +0000

sad this still isnt working,
I’ve tried all the suggestions above in the comments.
Will not install a secondary app to make it work like gladinet,
I’m sure it’s not needed.
anyways, this is on a win7 x64 pro system.
status =unresolved

By: Sriram

Sriram — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:39:34 +0000

I tried doing this on a Vista Business (x64) system with no success like many others – I guess Office 2010 installs some required tech for this.

However, I’ve found that you can essentially do the same thing with the help of some free third-party software: Gladinet Cloud Desktop: Starter Edition (there is also a paid Pro version). Works like a charm.