3rd September 2002
Question: What is the map drive button in my toolbar? Does it hurt system performance to have it?
Answer: The map drive button that you see in the toolbar of any Windows Explorer window is really intended for network users. The button allows you to map a drive letter (example: M:\) to any network, web, or FTP location. If you are a web developer then you appreciate being able to have a quick way to map to your FTP site to upload HTML files. Does it hurt system performance to just have the button? No, but you can remove it if you don't think you will use it. In Windows 2000 (and it may be the same on other Windows operating systems) you just go to View|Toolbars|Customize... and from there you can choose to remove the map drive button from the list of current toolbar buttons. On the opposite side of the coin, you can also use this method to add more buttons/options to your Windows Explorer toolbar.