UNC path to a folder on my local computer
If you're going to access your local computer (or any computer) using UNC, you'll need to setup a share. If you haven't already setup a share, you could use the default administrative shares. Example:
\\localhost\c$\my_dir
... accesses a folder called "my_dir" via UNC on your C: drive. By default all the hard drives on your machine are shared with hidden shares like c$, d$, etc.
On Windows, you can also use the Win32 File Namespace prefixed with \\?\ to refer to your local directories:
\\?\C:\my_dir
I had to:
- Create a local administrator
- Add a Microsoft Loopback adapter
- Reference the location as
\\127.0.0.1\SSRSFileShare