Searching a folder with multiple mount points

Question

I have a folder, c:\mounts. Under this folder, I have five drive mounts. I go to c:\mounts to search for a file, and every single time it comes back with no results. I don't want to click into each folder and search that way, I need a single place to search for files, hence the mount points. Does anyone have a solution here?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

You now have the following options:

Add a mount point: Click Add, then in the Add Drive Letter Or Path dialog box, select Mount In The Following Empty NTFS Folder. Type the path to an existing folder or click Browse to search for or create a folder. Click OK to mount the volume or partition.
Remove a mount point: If you want to remove a mount point, select the mount point, and then click Remove. When prompted to confirm the action, click Yes.
Note: You can't change a mount point assignment after making it. You can, however, simply remove the mount point you want to change and then add a new mount point so that the volume or partition is mounted as appropriate.

reference：https://sourcedaddy.com/windows-7/configuring-mount-points.html

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/assign-a-mount-point-folder-path-to-a-drive

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Hope this information can help you
Best wishes
Vicky

Answer 3

I think the good old "dir" command understands reparse points and will recursively loop into them when it encountered one mounting other NTFS volumes.

Just use "cd" command to switch to the base directory you want to search and then run "dir /s/b <filename.ext>".

Answer 4

Hi,

Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful.

Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

Best Regards,
Vicky