What shared drives do I have access to?

On a Windows machine press the windows button and the R key at the same time. This will open a run window. Type in \\fortlewis.edu\shares and click OK. This will bring up a window showing all shares that you have access to.

Map a drive on a Windows computer

Windows 10

  • Right click the Start button and choose File Explorer
  • Right click This PC and select Map Network Drive
  • Change the drive letter to M: for your personal share or O: for a department share
  • In the folder box type \\fortlewis.edu\shares\your username or \\fortlewis.edu\shares\acadcommon for the Acadcommon share
  • If you do not know your username or the name of your shared departmental space please contact the Help Desk at 970-247-7444

Windows 7

  • Right click your start button and choose open windows explorer
  • On the top toolbar click tools > map network drive
  • Change the drive letter to M: for your personal share or O: for a department share
  • In the folder box type \\fortlewis.edu\shares\your share name (example: for your personal share type fortlewis.edu\shares\your username)
  • If you do not know your username or the name of your shared departmental space please contact the Help Desk at 970-247-7444.

Map a drive on a Macintosh computer

Mac OS X

  • In the Finder, on the Go menu, click Connect to Server
  • In the "Server Address" box type smb://fortlewis.edu/shares
  • Click the Connect button
  • If prompted for a username and password, select Registered User (if available) and type in your Fort Lewis credentials
    Username needs to be fully qualified by being in one of the following formats:
    "username@fortlewis.edu" or "fortlewis\username"
  • Once the connection is made the share will appear on your desktop