Ken - thanks for the info. I created a new share (not via WHS but rather under Computer Management) called "Global" which maps to d:\shares\. That way I can map a drive to the folder which contains all the shares. I've read a lot about not writing to the d:\ drive b/c it will screw up demigrator.exe & stuff about shadow copies, etc. However, I've been writing to the d:\ directly just fine so I hope all works.
I think the WHS team should include something along the lines of a global share. I imagine many people who upgrade to WHS are replacing some big hard drive (external/internal) which contained all their files (photos, videos, documents, etc.). And they're probably accustomed to clicking on that drive & seeing ALL of their files - not files specific to just photos, videos, etc.
You can store all of your data in one share (Public, for example) and treat that as a "global share", then map a drive letter to that (which is exactly what I would do in your situation if I wanted to map to a single share).
Some apps, like Google's Picassa, cannot accept UNC file paths & insist on a mapped drive when adding a folder to monitor for pictures. Zune, on the other hand, can accommodate UNCs. Either way, for simplicity's sake, I'd love to see a global share down the road.
2 cents.
-Ben
You make it seem like it's a shortcoming in WHS. The fact of the matter is all MS OSes work the exact same way in regards to mapping a drive. You cannot map directly to a server. You must map to a share. That's the way it has always been with any MS OS.
