轻松使用网络共享对于小型企业至关重要。对于喜欢将数据保存在网络计算机、连接到路由器的驱动器甚至NAS设备上的人来说，它也很有用。而且，为了让事情变得更快、更友好，一些用户希望在他们的 Windows 11 计算机上映射网络驱动器甚至FTP位置。(FTP)这使得网络共享可以直接通过文件资源管理器(File Explorer)访问，并且只需双击即可访问。您想知道如何映射网络驱动器或将FTP位置添加到Windows 11的文件资源管理器(File Explorer)吗？如果你这样做，请继续阅读：

重要提示：(IMPORTANT:) Windows 11 可以映射网络驱动器，(Windows 11 can map network drives, )并且该过程快速且易于完成。如果这是您想要的，请阅读本指南的第一部分。它还允许您在文件资源管理器中添加(File Explorer)FTP站点的快捷方式，如本教程的第二部分所示。但是，请注意，您不能在 Windows 11 中将 FTP 挂载为驱动器，(you can’t mount FTP as a drive in Windows 11)因为操作系统不允许您将驱动器号添加到 FTP 位置(doesn’t let you add a drive letter to an FTP location)。

当您经常需要访问网络中的共享驱动器或文件夹时，将其映射为网络驱动器可以让您的生活轻松不少。映射网络驱动器是什么意思？好吧，映射的网络驱动器有自己的驱动器号，它可以直接从文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中获得。让我们看看如何在Windows 11中做到这一点：

首先，打开文件资源管理器(File Explorer)(open File Explorer)并在其左侧导航窗格中选择这台电脑。(This PC)

在文件资源管理器中选择这台电脑

在文件资源管理器的(File Explorer’s)顶部工具栏上，单击或点击由三个悬挂点表示的查看更多按钮。(See more)然后，在显示的菜单中，单击或点击“映射网络驱动器”。(“Map network drive.”)

文件资源管理器(File Explorer)的查看(See)更多菜单中的映射(Map)网络驱动器选项

这将启动映射网络驱动器(Map Network Drive)向导，您首先在驱动器(Drive)字段中选择要创建的网络驱动器的驱动器号。然后，在文件夹(Folder)字段中键入要映射的网络文件夹的路径。

选择映射的驱动器号和要映射为网络驱动器的文件夹

或者，您也可以浏览(Browse )本地网络并选择要映射为网络驱动器的文件夹。找到它后，选择它并按OK。

浏览要映射为网络驱动器的文件夹

然后，在“映射网络驱动器”(“Map network drive”)向导中，如果您希望每次启动 PC 时Windows 11自动映射网络驱动器，请启用“登录时重新连接”选项。(“Reconnect at sign-in”)

如果找到网络驱动器的计算机或设备需要与当前用户帐户不同的用户名和密码，则还应选中“使用不同凭据连接”(“Connect using different credentials”)选项。然后，单击或点击完成(Finish)。

使用不同的凭据进行连接

如果您选择使用其他用户帐户连接到网络文件夹，则需要在下一步输入其名称和密码。Windows 11 可能已经选择了一个用户帐户。如果您打算使用它，只需输入其密码，如果需要，请检查“记住我的凭据”(“Remember my credentials”)设置，这样您就不必每次打开映射的网络驱动器时都输入密码。然后，按确定(OK)按钮。

输入(Enter)用于映射网络驱动器的网络凭据

如果Windows 11未选择您要使用的用户帐户，您可以通过单击或点击更多选项(More choices)，然后选择“使用其他帐户”来选择另一个帐户。(“Use a different account.”)接下来，输入您要使用的用户帐户的名称和密码。如果需要，请选中“记住凭据”选项，然后按(“Remember credentials”)OK。

为映射的网络驱动器使用不同的用户帐户

接下来，Windows 11 会尝试连接到新映射的网络驱动器。如果一切正常，您应该几乎可以立即在File Explorer中看到它。

您的新映射网络驱动器已在Windows 11的文件资源管理器中打开(File Explorer)

稍后，每当您需要访问映射的网络驱动器时，您只需打开文件资源管理器(File Explorer)，选择这台电脑，然后从(This PC)网络位置(Network locations)部分双击或双击其条目。

文件资源管理器在其(File Explorer)网络(Network)位置部分显示所有映射的网络驱动器

同样，Windows 11 还允许您将 FTP 位置添加到文件资源管理器(Windows 11 also lets you add FTP locations to File Explorer)，但不幸的是，它不允许您将 FTP 位置映射为网络驱动器(it doesn’t let you map FTP locations as network drives)。此操作系统可以在文件资源管理器中为(File Explorer)FTP和其他 Web 共享创建特殊快捷方式，但它没有允许您在Windows 11中将(Windows 11)FTP挂载为驱动器并为其提供驱动器号的内置功能。

在文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中，选择左侧导航窗格中的这台电脑。(This PC)然后，单击或点击图标描绘三个悬挂点的“查看更多”(“See more”)按钮，然后在显示的菜单中单击或点击“添加网络位置” 。(“Add a network location”)

在文件资源管理器(File Explorer)的查看(See)更多菜单中添加网络位置

这将启动“添加网络位置”(“Add Network Location” )向导。如果需要，请阅读它的内容，然后按Next。

(Press Next)在添加网络位置(Add Network Location)向导中按下一步

单击或点击“选择自定义网络位置”(“Choose a custom network location”)，然后按下一步。(Next.)

选择自定义网络位置

当向导询问您“指定网站的位置”时(“Specify the location of your website,”)，请在“Internet 或网络地址”(“Internet or network address” )字段中键入您打算添加到文件资源管理器的(File Explorer)FTP地址。(FTP)FTP站点的地址应如下所示： ftp: ftp://ftp.example.com 或ftp://ftp.microsoft.com:21 （如果您还需要指定使用的端口，在本例中为 21） . 输入后，单击或点击Next。

FTP 位置的地址

接下来，Windows 11 会询问您是否需要FTP帐户和密码才能访问您之前添加的FTP位置。(FTP)如果该FTP站点不需要凭据，请选中“匿名登录”(“Log on anonymously”)选项。如果确实需要凭据，请取消选中它并输入FTP用户帐户的名称。然后，单击或点击Next。

选择(Select)FTP服务器是否需要身份验证或允许匿名登录

现在键入您希望 Windows 11 为FTP位置显示的名称，然后再次按Next。

键入 FTP 站点的名称

最后，当您关闭“添加网络位置”(“Add Network Location.”)时，Windows 11 会询问您是否希望它打开FTP站点。(FTP)选择您喜欢的，然后单击或点击完成(Finish)。

添加网络位置(Add Network Location)向导结束

从现在开始，FTP位置的快捷方式始终显示在Windows 11的文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中的网络位置(Network locations)下。

FTP服务器显示在文件资源管理器的(File Explorer)网络(Network)位置中

要打开FTP位置，您只需在(FTP)文件资源管理器(File Explorer)中双击或双击其快捷方式即可。但是，请注意，如果它需要凭据才能允许访问，则每次尝试打开它时都需要输入帐户和密码。如果它设置为允许匿名连接，那么它只会在File Explorer中加载其内容。

尽管在Windows 11中映射网络驱动器既简单又快速，但遗憾的是，微软(Microsoft)不允许我们对FTP位置进行同样的操作。能够将驱动器号分配给FTP站点会非常有帮助。尽管我们已经等了很多年才能在Windows操作系统中看到此功能，但希望也有时间来实现这一点。(Hopefully)您对我们的指南有什么要补充的吗？在下面的评论部分让我们知道。

Eaѕilу working with network shares is eѕsential for small businesses. It’s also useful for рeople who like to keеp data on network computers, drives connected to their routers, or even NAS devices. And, to make things faster and mоre friendly, some users want to map network drives or even FTP locations on their Windows 11 computers. That makes network shares available directly through File Explorer and accessible with just a simple double-click. Do you want to know how to map a network drive or add an FTP location to Windows 11’s File Explorer? If you do, read on:

IMPORTANT: Windows 11 can map network drives, and the process is fast and easy to go through. If that’s what you want, read the first section of this guide. It also lets you add shortcuts to FTP sites in File Explorer, as you can see in the second section of the tutorial. However, note that you can’t mount FTP as a drive in Windows 11 because the operating system doesn’t let you add a drive letter to an FTP location.

When you often need to access a shared drive or folder in the network, mapping it as a network drive can ease your life quite a bit. What does mapping a network drive mean? Well, the mapped network drive gets its own drive letter, and it becomes available directly from File Explorer. Let’s see how to do that in Windows 11:

First, open File Explorer and select This PC on its left navigation pane.

Select This PC in File Explorer

On File Explorer’s toolbar from the top, click or tap on the See more button represented by three suspension dots. Then, in the menu displayed, click or tap on “Map network drive.”

The Map network drive option from File Explorer's See more menu

This starts the Map Network Drive wizard, where you begin by choosing the drive letter for the network drive you intend to create in the Drive field. Then, type the path to the network folder you want to map in the Folder field.

Choosing the mapped drive letter and the folder to map as a network drive

Alternatively, you can also Browse your local network and select the folder to map as a network drive. Once you find it, select it and press OK.

Browsing for the folder to map as a network drive

Then, in the “Map network drive” wizard, enable the “Reconnect at sign-in” option if you want the network drive to be automatically mapped by Windows 11 each time you start your PC.

If the computer or device where the network drive is found requires a different user name and password than the ones of your current user account, you should also check the “Connect using different credentials” option. Then, click or tap on Finish.

Connect using different credentials

If you chose to use a different user account to connect to the network folder, you need to enter its name and password on the next step. Windows 11 may have already selected a user account. If it’s the one you intend to use, simply type its password and, if you want, check the “Remember my credentials” setting so that you don’t have to enter your password each time you open the mapped network drive. Then, press the OK button.

Enter the network credentials to use with the mapped network drive

If Windows 11 didn’t select the user account you want to use, you can choose another one by clicking or tapping on More choices, and then “Use a different account.” Next, type the name and password of the user account you’d like to use. Check the option to “Remember credentials” if you want that, and press OK.

Use a different user account for the mapped network drive

Next, Windows 11 attempts to connect to the new mapped network drive. If all is right, you should see it almost instantly in File Explorer.

Your new mapped network drive is opened in Windows 11's File Explorer

Later on, whenever you need to access your mapped network drive, you can simply open File Explorer, select This PC, and double-click or double-tap on its entry from the Network locations section.

File Explorer shows all the mapped network drives in its Network locations section

Similarly, Windows 11 also lets you add FTP locations to File Explorer but, unfortunately, it doesn’t let you map FTP locations as network drives. This operating system can create special shortcuts for FTP and other web shares in File Explorer, but it has no built-in feature that would allow you to mount FTP as a drive in Windows 11 and give it a drive letter.

In File Explorer, select This PC on the left navigation pane. Then, click or tap on the “See more” button whose icon depicts three suspension dots, and click or tap on “Add a network location” in the menu displayed.

Add a network location in File Explorer's See more menu

This launches the “Add Network Location” wizard. Read what it says, if you want, and then press Next.

Press Next in the Add Network Location wizard

Click or tap on “Choose a custom network location” and then press Next.

Choose a custom network location

When the wizard asks you “Specify the location of your website,” type the FTP address that you intend to add to File Explorer in the “Internet or network address” field. The address of an FTP site should look like this: ftp://ftp.example.com or ftp://ftp.microsoft.com:21 (if you also need to specify the port used, which in this case is 21). After you’ve entered it, click or tap Next.

The address of an FTP location

Next, Windows 11 asks you if you’re going to need an FTP account and password to access the FTP location you’ve added earlier. If that FTP site doesn’t require credentials, check the “Log on anonymously” option. If it does require credentials, uncheck it and enter the name of the FTP user account. Then, click or tap on Next.

Select whether the FTP server requires authentication or allows anonymous logins

Now type the name you want Windows 11 to show for the FTP location, and then press Next once more.

Type a name for the FTP site

Finally, Windows 11 asks you whether you’d like it to open the FTP site when you close the “Add Network Location.” Choose what you prefer, and click or tap on Finish.

The end of the Add Network Location wizard

From now on, the shortcut to the FTP location is always shown in Windows 11’s File Explorer, under Network locations.

FTP servers are shown in the Network locations from File Explorer

To open an FTP location, all you have to do is double-click or double-tap on its shortcut from File Explorer. However, note that if it requires credentials to allow access, you will need to enter an account and password each time you try to open it. If it’s set to allow anonymous connections, then it will simply load its contents in File Explorer.

Although mapping network drives in Windows 11 is easy and fast, it’s a shame that Microsoft doesn’t let us do the same with FTP locations. It would have been pretty helpful to be able to assign drive letters to FTP sites. Hopefully, a time will come for that, too, although we’ve been waiting for many years to see this feature in Windows operating systems. Do you have anything to add to our guide? Let us know in the comments section below.