Is there a way to Alias a dead network path to a local directory in Windows 7?

Question

I have a bunch of old Batch scripts that I may need to revive that have hundreds of references to a dead specific network path. Is there a way to alias \\myNetWorkPath.com\SomeFolder\SomeFolder2 to a specific local Windows 7 directory?

For example, \\myNetWorkPath.com\SomeFolder\SomeFolder2 alias to C:\SomeFolder2. Again, \\myNetWorkPath.com\SomeFolder\SomeFolder2 is a dead (not working anymore) network path.

Please let me know if that doesn’t make any sense. Thanks!

Answer 1

Following up on my "Pick a language and write a quick and dirty application that will change your code base." comment... Here's a bit of c# that could get your going.

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        //foreach file you drop onto the compiled EXE
        foreach (string item in args)
        {
            if (System.IO.File.Exists(item))//if the file path actually exists
            {
                ChangeThePath(item);
            }
        }
    }

    private static void ChangeThePath(string incomingFilePath)
    {
        string backupCopy = incomingFilePath + ".bck";
        System.IO.File.Copy(incomingFilePath, backupCopy);//make a backup
        string newPath = "c:\\This\\New\\Path\\Is\\Much\\Better";
        string oldPath = "c:\\Than\\This\\Deprecated\\One";
        using (System.IO.StreamWriter sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(incomingFilePath))
        {
            using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(backupCopy))
            {
                string currentLine = string.Empty;
                while ((currentLine = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    sw.WriteLine(currentLine.Replace(oldPath, newPath));
                }
            }
        }
    }