Shortcut to network computer (not drive)

[DRP535]

Is there a way of creating some sort of a shortcut or networked drive or similar to quickly connect to a frequently accessed network computer which in itself has multiple individual drives connected to it?

Not asking how to create a network drive - I know how to do that. I don't want to create multiple network drives because the connected computer has multiple and frequently changing installed drives, so there aren't enough letters in the alphabet to assign each of the drives a unique networked drive button. There also isn't enough space in the TC toolbar to do that either.

What I want to do is create something like a network drive button - but for the entire networked computer, not just one or more of its drives. Is that possible within Windows 7 Ultimate? Both computers are on the same network, under the same homegroup, same user, wide open, everything shared, no restrictions, wide wide wide open. At the risk of repeating myself because I know this will be the first response to why it can't be done - there are ZERO sharing restrictions between the computers.

At the moment I just use Network Neighbourhood to find the computer, then click into it and see all the shared drives. What I'm looking for is a way to bypass the Network Neighbourhood step and instead just have a button that takes me straight to this specific computer rather than having to find it each time in Network Neighbourhood. Is that possible?

[Dalai]

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cd \\server

as a command on a button, in TC's start menu, TC's command line or the directory hotlist should work.

Replace "server" with the other computer's name. If your network doesn't have proper DNS resolution you might need to fall back to IP addresses, but that can get tricky too in case of dynamic IP addresses (DHCP).

[DRP535]

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cd \\server

as a command in TC's directory hotlist should work.

Thank you, that worked a treat. Silly that I couldn't think of this myself since I use the Directory Hotlist all the time (for directories)