From: Jon Forums Date: 2012-12-29T10:38:51+09:00 Subject: Re: Map Windows drives with Ruby > require 'win32ole' > net = WIN32OLE.new('WScript.Network') > user_name = 'some_user_name' > password = 'top-secret-password' > > net.MapNetworkDrive( 'X:', '\\server\share', nil, user_name, password ) What happens when you double up the backslashes? net.MapNetworkDrive( 'X:', '\\\\server\\share', nil, user_name, password ) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.