How can I integrate with the WINDOWS EXPLORER window

[szlamany]

You know how you can use REMOTE DESKTOP and see your local drives as a type of SYSTEM FOLDER with a comment of DISK FROM REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION. If your browse to a folder you might see the ADDRESS look like this

\\tsclient\C\Windows

What is tsclient? Is that a driver that is "expressing" itself like a folder structure?

How about when you plug a camera or other device in a usb port and it shows as a G: drive, for instance?

I'm guessing the G: drive trick is just a "driver" starting up for the usb port that somehow makes itself seen as a mapped drive.

Is the \\tsclient thing done the same way? Is there some kind of tsclient.exe that runs to do whatever this does?

How can I make my own "pseudo" folder structure? Where would I start to dive into accomplishing this?

[.paul.]

\\tsclient\C\Windows

looks like c:\windows on a network pc

[szlamany]

I want to make my own. I want to know how this is done.

[.paul.]

i don't know how you'd do that, but \\tsclient is the name of a pc on a network
maybe a virtual drive would be what you're looking for?

i found this, but i haven't tested it:

Process.Start("subst.exe", "x: d:\test") 'add drive
Process.Start("subst.exe", "x: /d") 'remove drive

[szlamany]

That seems to just be mapping a drive.

I'm looking to do something more complex - I want to make an app that appears as a drive - like VIRTUAL CLONEDRIVE makes an ISO file appear as a cd drive on your system.

Am I looking at doing Windows Driver SDK work - or has .net made it simpler to approach this?

[szlamany]

Ok - I must be asking an odd question...

Does anyone know where I might find answers like these?