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name: Drive-letter mapping convention — pick the main letter first
description: When setting up mapped network drives, decide the main/primary drive letter first (the principal share everyone uses gets a consistent main letter), then assign secondary/smaller shares their own letters. Don't retroactively normalize existing maps unless asked.
type: feedback
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When provisioning mapped network drives for users, the order is: **pick the MAIN drive letter first** — the primary share everyone works out of gets one consistent letter across all users — **then assign the smaller/secondary mapped drives** their own letters underneath that.

**Why:** Howard's standing preference (2026-06-10). A consistent main letter means every user's primary share is at the same place, so support and instructions ("it's on your Y: drive") are uniform; secondary shares are clearly subordinate.

**How to apply:**
- New drive-mapping work: confirm the main letter with Howard, map the primary share there for all users, then map any secondary ("smaller") shares.
- Do NOT retroactively renumber existing maps to fit the convention unless explicitly asked. (2026-06-10: Howard chose to leave the existing Cascades AcctDept maps as-is — Lauren X:, Chris Y:, Zachary Y: — and apply this only going forward.)
- Watch for letter collisions on a given machine (e.g. the main letter already in use); surface the conflict rather than silently picking a different letter.

Related: Cascades scan-to-folder shares use [[feedback_cascades_scan_account]]; current Cascades state [[project_cascades]].