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How To Use Access SkyDrive From Windows 7 Explorer

by on Aug.15, 2011, under Did You Know?, Windows Apps

How To Use Access SkyDrive From Windows 7 Explorer

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You’ll need the following:

A computer running Windows 7. It might work on previous versions of Windows, although we haven’t tested it.
An Internet connection.
A Windows Live ID.
If you don’t have Windows Live Essentials installed, you need the Windows Live Online ID Provider.
SkyDrive Simple Viewer for WebDav

Step 1: Before you get started, you must first obtain your unique SkyDrive ID, which in no way looks like your Windows Live logins credentials. In order to do this, fire up SkyDrive Simple Viewer for WebDav, which we linked to earlier, and enter your Windows Live credentials.

Step 2: You should now see a list of the folders stored on your SkyDrive. Select the one you want to mount on your hard drive and copy the URL that should show up on the right,

Step 3: Now here comes the easy part; bring up the Start menu, right-click on Computer and select Map Network Drive. From there, paste in the URL you copied earlier and adjust the settings to your liking. Hit Next and wait a few seconds. Before you know it, the SkyDrive folder you’ve picked will now show up as a hard drive inside Windows 7 Explorer, which can be managed just like any other drive/directory.

Tip: if you want to display all the contents of your SkyDrive, not just a particular folder, you can do that if the domain of the URLs displayed on SkyDrive Simple Viewer for WebDav are identical. For example, if the URLs of all your folders are https://umfo4b.docs.live.net/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ , you can simply set the main URL as a Network drive like we demonstrated in Step 3.

To Unmount SkyDrive: just head to Computer, right-click your SkyDrive network drive and select Disconnect. The drive should be immediately unmounted.

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