windows 7 symbolic link / show network share as local drive

http://serverfault.com/questions/108193/mount-network-drive-as-physical-drive

Yes, this is possible in Windows Vista and in Windows 7.

Open the Command Prompt as an administrator. Then type the following command:

mklink /D C:\LinkName \NetworkLocation\LocationName

This will create a “symbolic link” on Drive C called “LinkName”, which will link to “LocationName” on “\NetworkLocation”. Windows will of course know that this is a symbolic link, but will treat it as if it was a folder on the local drive. All applications will treat this symbolic link as a local resource.

Hope this helps.