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title: "Mapping Cloud Drive Folders"
slug: "mapping-cloud-drive-folders-1-1"
tags: ["Windows", "Protect", "Agent", "Share", "7.12", "Drive"]
updated: 2026-02-09T13:09:11Z
published: 2026-02-09T13:09:11Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/mapping-cloud-drive-folders-1-1"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Mapping Cloud Drive Folders

You can define more than one cloud drive for a CTERA Agent to map to. By default, there is only one mounted drive, /, which is mapped to Z: or the first free letter less than Z:.

As well as being able to define multiple drives for specific folders in the cloud drive, you can specify a specific letter you want to assign to a specific folder in the cloud drive.

For example, you can specify **/My Files** has the drive letter **R:** and **/My Files/Templates** has the drive letter **T:**

You specify the mappings in an adm file, `ctera-mount.adm` available from the [Download Center](/v1/docs/download-center).

In `ctera-mount.adm` **DriveLetter** is the drive letter that will be associated with this mount-point. Enter a letter from A: to Z: and **Path** is the folder path to mount. "/" represents the user's Cloud Drive. To map the user's *My Files* folder, use* /My Files*. To map a *Shared With Me* folder called `example` use */Shared With Me/example*.

          **Notes**

          

By default, `ctera-mount.adm` contains 4 available mappings that can be individually configured using the following procedure. If you want to define more than four drive letters, you have to edit the `ctera-mount.adm` file for the number of drives you want to map.

The following procedure describes installation using a Windows 2012 Active Directory domain. It is similar for later Windows Server versions.

**To define specific drives:**

1. Obtain the `ctera-mount.adm` from the [Download Center](/v1/docs/download-center).
2. In the **Start** menu, select **Administrative Tools > Group Policy Management**.  

The **Group Policy Management** console is displayed.  

This console enables you to create domain-wide policies or policies for specific organizational units.
3. In the navigation pane, drill-down to the domain or organizational unit for which you want to create the policy, right-click it and select **Create a new GPO in this domain and Link it here**.  

The **New GPO** window is displayed.  

If a policy already exists, go to step 8.
4. Enter a name for the policy and click **OK**.
5. In the navigation pane, select the domain and in the right pane, select the **Linked Group Policy Objects** tab.
6. Double-click the policy to display the policy.
          **Note**

          

If a Group Policy Management Console message is displayed, click **OK**.

The policy details are displayed:
7. In the **Security Filtering** area, perform the following steps for each user or user group for which you would like to install CTERA Agent:
  1. Click **Add**.  

The **Select User, Computer, or Group** window is displayed.
  2. In the **Enter the object name to select** area, type the name of the user/group.  

To enable installing CTERA Agent for all users/groups, type **Everyone**.
  3. Click **OK**.
8. Right-click the policy you created and select **Edit**.  

The **Group Policy Management Editor** is displayed.
9. In the navigation pane, expand **Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates**.
10. Right-click **Administrative Templates** and select **Add/Remove Templates**.  

The **Add/Remove Templates** window is displayed.
11. Click **Add**, browse to the `ctera-mount.adm file` and select it and click **Open**.  

The `ctera-mount.adm` file is displayed in the **Add/Remove Templates** window.
12. Click **Close**.
13. In the navigation pane, expand **Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates** and click the **CTERA Agent Settings** node.  

By default, the template contains 4 available mappings that can be individually configured.
14. Right-click the first displayed **CTERA Agent Drive Mappings** entry and select **Edit**.  

The **Configure CTERA Agent Drive Mappings** window is displayed.
15. Set the **Enabled** option.
16. Specify the drive letter and the folder path for this drive letter.
17. Click **Next Setting** to set the next drive mapping.
18. Click **OK**.

Every user who is part of the group policy sees that the drives specified in the ctera-mount.adm file are mounted, unless the specified drive letter Is already assigned, in which case the next free letter less than the assigned letter is used.