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I want to create a persistent mapped network drive with FTP

I want to create a persistent mapped network drive with FTP. I have mounted already an FTP path with the File Explorer of Windows in order to not input the credentials again. What is the solution please?

Here is my code:

New-PSDrive -Persist -Name "X" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root "ftp://localhost/"

I have this error:

New-PSDrive: D:\powershell\Untitled-2.ps1:1:1
    Line 1
    New-PSDrive -Persist -Name "X" -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root "ftp:// …
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  When you use the Persist parameter, the root must be a file system location on a remote computer.
Solution

  • Let me clarify few of the things. Mapped network drives are saved in Windows on the local computer. They're persistent, not session-specific,and can be viewed and managed in File Explorer and other tools. When you scope the command locally, without dot-sourcing, the Persist parameter doesn't persist the creation of a PSDrive beyond the scope in which you run the command. If you run New-PSDrive inside a script, and you want the new drive to persist indefinitely, you must dot-source the script. For best results, to force a new drive to persist, specify Global as the value of the Scope parameter and include Persist in your command. The name of the drive must be a letter, such as D or E. The value of Root parameter must be a UNC path of a different computer. The PSProvider parameter's value must be FileSystem.

    So technically, you dont need to persist, you just need to specify the -Root properly:

    New-PSDrive -PSProvider filesystem -Root C:\full\path\ -Name anyname

    In your case the full path would be an UNC path \\remoteserver\full\path of FTP