ArcGIS Pro fails to connect to the “root” hard drive (D partition),
I couldn’t figure out why the ArcGIS Pro fails to connect to the “root” hard drive (D partition) the same way the ArcMap does.
What might be the issue here?
Thank you
Best
Jamal
Oh ok, this is not possible in ArcGIS Pro. In fact, the help file states "ArcGIS Pro does not support adding folder connections to the project that access the root node of any disk, for example, C:\ or \."
Hey Jamal, I'm not really understanding the question. Your screenshot seems to show ArcGIS Pro connected to the D drive.
Sorry for the confusion.
The screenshot below shows that the ArcMap can be connected to the ROOT partition “D”.
This appears not to be possible in ArcGIS Pro. Connecting to the ROOT partition “D” is impossible.
Could you please show in a screenshot that the ArcGIS Pro can connect to the a ROOT partition?
I hope that this incapability will be enhanced in the upcoming releases. All the time we need to know where is our data stored in the hard drive. It is very inconvenient that the ArcGIS Pro is not able to display the root drive as it used to do in the ArcGIS Desktop.
Any idea why this isn't supported?
So just to be clear is the folder your trying to connect to is a share folder off of a server: If so when defining the location of the "folder" put the machine name in the search.
example. Our data is on a server with a share folder called shape files. In ArcMap the mapped drive is S:\
the actual path of the data is \\clc-esri-02\ shapefiles....but all you see in ArcMap is the mapped drive of S:\
So If you connect directly to the server by typing in the path at the Add folder connection the folder is listed.
Hope this is helpful.
Thanks Robert.
I wanted it to work as in the ArcGIS. However, this sounds not to work in ArcGIS Pro.
I'm just now learning Pro. This is crazy. Yeah, the UNC work-around is acceptable, but why can't you connect to a root folder ?!?!? A lot of our staff refer to \\fileserver\shared as "The G Drive". Is there a good reason for this restriction, ESRI?
Unacceptable. We structure entire drives (in-workstation and portable) to list GIS project folders...hundreds of them, hanging off the root.
I make connections at the root drive in ArcMap a lot because many of my used files are located on a network share, i have to navigate around to find pieces of data from different folders all the time. This capability would be wonderful in Arc Pro. Time for an idea!
AGP can make connections to root directories (C:, , etc.). As show in the screen grab, right-click the Folders item, select the Add Folder Connection in the Catalog Pane, navigate to Computer on the left side of the Add Folder Connection UI, select the root drive you wish - C: for example - then click OK. It's now added to your AGP project. Further if you want AGP to remember the root drive in all new AGP projects, right click the root directory in the Catalog Pane and select Add to New Projects. Now AGP will always remember to add the root drive to all new projects.
Could you please comment on my post above (Sep 10, 2019 2:38 AM)? I addition to that, why is it not possible to get the connections remembered by default rather than keeping them related to the aprx?
You're welcome Jamal. It is possible to get connections remembered by Default. Once you build the connection in the Catalog Pane, right click on the connection and select "Add to New Projects". All new projects going forward will have the connections listed in the Catalog Pane.
why is it not possible to get the connections remembered by default
Many settings that are by-user in ArcMap are by-project in Pro, this was a design decision they made. However, you can make a connection available to all projects by wither making that connection a favorite or choosing to add that connection to all new projects.
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