{
  "id": 14516749,
  "title": "What I Learned Mounting a WebDAV Share as My Default Working Drive in 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/what-i-learned-mounting-a-webdav-share-as-my-default-working-drive-in",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-14T19:17:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/scsoi/what-i-learned-mounting-a-webdav-share-as-my-default-working-drive-in-2026-5afg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2026, the author experimented with mounting a WebDAV share as their default working drive on Windows. After three months, they shared their experiences, successes, and lessons learned. The setup involved a ScsDriver plugin ($5.5 lifetime) pointing to a WebDAV endpoint they controlled. The mount appeared as a real drive letter, surviving reboots without a startup script and behaving like a USB drive.\n\nWhat worked well was the constant availability of the W: drive, which did not require any thinking or configuration. Editors like VS Code, Sublime, and plain text files functioned smoothly without exclusive locks. Opening, editing, and saving files on the W: drive was fast and lag-free. Streaming large media files worked well because the client streamed the data instead of copying it to a local cache. The author's backup strategy also became simpler, as the WebDAV share acted as the source of truth, with the W: drive serving as the working copy.\n\nHowever, there were a few issues that arose. Initially, the WebClient file size limit was hit when working with a 600 MB virtual disk, which was resolved by switching to a real mount client. The author tried to use a Lightroom catalog on the share, but SQLite file locking caused occasional lockups. Outlook PST files also encountered the same issue due to exclusive locks, so they kept the working catalog local and the originals on the share. A 4K video edit off the share played fine, but the export took longer than on a local drive, so the export was done locally. To address these issues, the author would have tested the file size limit early, kept apps with exclusive file locking on local storage, and chosen a mount client that streamed rather than copied files.\n\nThe author would have done things differently to avoid potential frustrations. They would have tested the file size limit early, as the default 50 MB may prove insufficient for large files. Any app that used exclusive file locking should be kept on local storage, not the share. Finally, they would have ensured the mount stayed intact after reboots, either by using a startup script or a service for a more reliable solution. Although the $5.5 lifetime cost might seem steep, the time saved was significant. The author would still pay for the guarantee of the mount surviving reboots and the convenience of not having to write, debug, and maintain a startup script. Before attempting this setup themselves, they suggested answering two key questions: which applications needed to be kept on local storage, and what were the sizes of the files being opened and saved.",
  "summary": "What I Learned Mounting a WebDAV Share as My Default Working Drive in 2026 For about three months I have been running with a WebDAV share mounted as my W: drive in Windows. Every project I work on for the first 30 minutes of the day lives on W:. Here is what worked, what did not, and what I would do differently if I was starting over. The setup I am using ScsDriver ($5.5 lifetime) pointed at a…",
  "key_points": [
    "Author mounted WebDAV share as default working drive on Windows",
    "Setup involved ScsDriver plugin ($5.5 lifetime) to controlled WebDAV endpoint",
    "Drive remained available post-reboot without startup script"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}