Seriously? You Need *PowerShell* For This Now?

Right, so some people – and I use that term loosely – still want to mount Network File System shares on Windows. Fine. Whatever. This article details how to do it with PowerShell because the GUI is apparently too easy for… someone. It’s 2024, and we’re still wrestling with NFS? Get a grip.

Basically, you need the “Client for NFS” feature installed. Shocking, I know. Then, use `New-PSDrive` with the `-PSProvider Filesystem` and `-Root` parameters to point to your NFS server’s export path. You’ll probably also need `-Credential` if it isn’t open access (which, let’s be honest, it *should* be for testing). There are examples provided for both basic mounts and credentialed ones.

Oh, and there’s a section on unmounting with `Remove-PSDrive`. Groundbreaking. It also covers checking if the feature is installed using `Get-WindowsOptionalFeature` – because apparently people can’t figure out how to look in Control Panel anymore. The article even throws in some error handling tips, which you’ll need because something *will* go wrong. Always does.

Honestly, it’s a lot of fuss for something that should just work. But hey, Microsoft loves making simple things complicated. Don’t come crying to me when your mount fails; I told you this was a bad idea from the start.

Related Anecdote: Back in ’98, I automated NFS mounting on Solaris using shell scripts and `mount`. It took less code than this PowerShell garbage. And it *worked*. People actually used it for years without issue. Now we have… this. The decline of civilization is real, people. Real.

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Source: 4SysOps – Mount an NFS Share on Windows 11 with PowerShell