UNC Style Path
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What is a UNC Style Path?  
UNC Style Path (Universal Naming Convention) is a direct path taken through the network to find a shared folder.  
 
This is more reliable than a mapped network drive for the reason that as long as the network is functional the UNC path will be operational.  
 
Mapped network drives can be unreliable as they often disappear if the network becomes non functional and they will usually not establish themselves when the network is again operational.  
 
UNC Style Paths generally take the form of;  
 
\\Server\RMSWIN  
Where the Server is the name of the main computer, and  
RMSWIN is the name of the shared folder.  
 
OR  
 
\\Server\C\RMSWIN  
Where the Server is the name of the main computer,  
C is the name of the shared folder, and  
RMSWIN is the name of the folder within the shared folder.  
 
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