Windows: List Shared Drives and Folders from the Command Line

This Procedure applies to Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

1. Open a command prompt.

2. Execute the following command:

wmic share get caption,name,path

A list of all shared drives and folders will appear, including the path for each shared folder.

If you want to generate a text or HTM file for printing, execute the following:

To generate the output as textfile:

/output:d:\Shared.txt share get caption,name,path

To generate the output as HTM file:

/output:d:\Shared.htm share get caption,name,path

make sure to change the location and filename (d:\Shared.txt or d:\Shared.htm) to the desired values.