Mapping a sub folder to a network drive

[miracleboy]

Hoping someone can help me with this.

I have a Windows 2003 server which has an application installed - the application uses a hardcoded sub directory under it's install path to store reports it generates. This can't be changed according to the vendor.

I don't want the reports stored in a local folder - I want them stored on a NAS drive - but I don't want to have to manually copy them there.

So is it possible to map the reports sub folder to a network CIFS share?

i.e. can I map;

C:\Program Files\Application\Data\Reports

to

\\NAS DEVICE\Reports

So that the application thinks it's writing to local disk but it's actually going out to the NAS - kind of like a redirect or symbolic link.

Any ideas?