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How to retrieve a list of shared folders shared using a script

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.

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To check on local computer:
 
You can use the following methods:
 
  1. Connecting to Remote Registry Service
  2. 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.

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Article Info
Article ID : 556023
Revision : 3
Created on : 4/20/2018
Published on : 4/20/2018
Exists online : False
Views : 294