Get a list of all UNC shared folders on a local network server

Question

I'm trying to get a list of all shared folders available on a local intranet server.

The System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories() works fine for a path like \\myServer\myShare, however I'm getting an exception for a path like \\myServer:

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: The UNC path should be of the form \server\share.

Is there a way to get a list all shared folders for a server? Ultimately I'm looking for a method that can handle both scenarios based on a given path - returning a list of all shares for a given server and returning a list of all subdirectories for a given network shared folder.

Answer 1

Here's a technique that uses System.Management (add a reference to this assembly):

using (ManagementClass shares = new ManagementClass(@"\\NameOfTheRemoteComputer\root\cimv2", "Win32_Share", new ObjectGetOptions())) {
    foreach (ManagementObject share in shares.GetInstances()) {
        Console.WriteLine(share["Name"]);
    }
}

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Answer 2

I think this is what you are looking for http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/networkshares.aspx