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-title: "Accessing Keep from Windows"
+title: "Access Keep from Windows File Explorer"
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Windows users can browse Keep read-only via WebDAV. Specific collections can also be accessed read-write via WebDAV.
-h3. Browsing Keep (read-only)
+h3. Browsing Keep in File Explorer (read-only)
-Use the 'Map network drive' functionality, and enter @https://collections.uuid_prefix.your.domain/@ in the Folder field. When prompted for credentials, you can fill in an arbitrary string for @Username@, it is ignored by Arvados. Windows will not accept an empty @Username@. Put a valid Arvados token in the @Password@ field.
+Use the 'Map network drive' functionality, and enter @https://collections.ClusterID.example.com/@ in the Folder field. When prompted for credentials, you can fill in an arbitrary string for @Username@, it is ignored by Arvados. Windows will not accept an empty @Username@. Put a valid Arvados token in the @Password@ field.
This mount is read-only. Write support for the @/users/@ directory is planned for a future release.
h3. Accessing a specific collection in Keep (read-write)
-Use the 'Map network drive' functionality, and enter @https://collections.uuid_prefix.your.domain/c=your-collection-uuid@ in the Folder field. When prompted for credentials, you can fill in an arbitrary string for @Username@, it is ignored by Arvados. Windows will not accept an empty @Username@. Put a valid token in the @Password@ field.
+Use the 'Map network drive' functionality, and enter @https://collections.ClusterID.example.com/c=your-collection-uuid@ in the Folder field. When prompted for credentials, you can fill in an arbitrary string for @Username@, it is ignored by Arvados. Windows will not accept an empty @Username@. Put a valid token in the @Password@ field.
This collection is now accessible read/write.