VB.NET code to Convert shared local path to UNC path

Question

We have windows 2003 server Pc named pc2 in which local drives are shared with different names. For example local drive E is shared with name 'datapath' so that all users in network access that drive using network path '\\pc2\datapath\'. We need VB.net code to convert local path to shared UNC path i.e if we input 'E:\netuse',code must return '\\pc2\datapath\netuse'.

Is there any way to do this in VB.net ?

EDIT: Drive E is not mapped,it is just shared

Answer 1

This code worked very well

        Dim SharePath As String = "e:\Netuse"
        Dim SplitPath() As String = Split(SharePath, "\")
        Dim CurrentPath As String = String.Empty
        Dim ShareName As String = String.Empty
        Dim CurrentFolderIndex As Integer
        Dim UNCPath As String = String.Empty

        For CurrentFolderIndex = 0 To SplitPath.GetUpperBound(0)
            If CurrentPath = String.Empty Then
                CurrentPath = String.Concat(SplitPath(CurrentFolderIndex), "\\")
            Else
                CurrentPath += String.Concat(SplitPath(CurrentFolderIndex), "\\")
            End If
            ShareName = GetShareName(CurrentPath)
            If ShareName <> String.Empty Then
                CurrentFolderIndex += 1
                Exit For
            End If
        Next

        UNCPath = String.Concat("\\", My.Computer.Name, "\", ShareName)

        For SubPathIndex As Integer = CurrentFolderIndex To SplitPath.GetUpperBound(0)
            UNCPath = String.Concat(UNCPath, "\", SplitPath(SubPathIndex))
        Next

        Console.WriteLine(UNCPath)



    Public Function GetShareName(ByVal FolderPath As String) As String

        Dim Searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher(String.Concat("select * from win32_share WHERE Path = '", FolderPath, "'"))
        Dim ShareName As String = String.Empty

        For Each Share As ManagementObject In Searcher.Get()
            ShareName = Share("Name").ToString
        Next

        Return ShareName

    End Function