vb.net how to check network drive is mapped

Question

I am studying VB.NET and looking for way to check if application mapped to network drive. I check vb.net how to check if a network drive is mapped persistently

and i also trying to ping to network drive. However, this method seem not workinng.

I was trying ping to network drive and it was always return false.

I made function. On the function part

    Public Function CheckForInternetConnection(path As String) As Boolean
        Try
            Using client = New WebClient()

                Using stream = client.OpenRead(path)
                    Return True
                End Using
            End Using
        Catch
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function

On the running part i call this function above

CheckForInternetConnection("google.com")
CheckForInternetConnection("\mynetowrk_Driver.com\system\application")

When i use CheckForInternetConnection with "google.com" it return "TRUE" However, when i use "\mynetowrk_Driver.com\system\application" this network drive, it return FALSE

I am not sure how i can check if netowork driver was mapped .

Anderson Constantino · Answer

If I understand correctly, you are trying to validate two different things. See if the code below helps you:

Public Function CheckForInternetConnection(path As String) As Boolean
    Try
        Return My.Computer.Network.Ping(path)
    Catch pingException As System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingException
        Return IO.Directory.Exists(path)
    Catch ex As Exception
        Return False
    End Try
End Function

vb.net how to check network drive is mapped

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