Managing Connections

Adding a Connection

You can create any combination of connections to different services. Open the settings of your ExpanDrive application and locate the button to create a new connection.

When you select the type of your new connection, you'll be prompted for the parameters needed for the connection.

Refer to the pages for each individual connection type, such as SFTP or Amazon S3 for details about the individual parameters needed.

After you've saved the new connection information, ExpanDrive will immediately connect and display the contents.

Mapping Windows Drives

When you define a connection using ExpanDrive on Windows, you can choose whether to assign a drive letter to the connection, and choose which drive letter will be used for each connection.

Assigning a drive letter to a connection can make it simpler to interact with multiple connections, or for scripting. However, Microsoft recommends using UNC paths rather than drive letters for connecting to remote systems.

Removing Connections

You can remove your defined connections within the settings of your ExpanDrive application.

If you've used the Offline Sync feature to download any files to your local system, the mounted folder with those downloaded files will remain on your local device after removing the connection from ExpanDrive. After you remove the downloaded contents, the system will automatically remove the folder as well.