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Subject:
Need to keep remapping network drive
Category: Computers Asked by: hudsonian-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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09 Jun 2004 13:04 PDT
Expires: 09 Jul 2004 13:04 PDT Question ID: 358757 |
We have a six-computer network, all on WinXP, with most data residing on a single system at the front desk. Lately for some reason, Every time we restart one particular computer (that we'll call "lab"), we have to remap the network drive for the front desk machine. Coincidentally we replaced this offending "lab" computer and son of a gun, we still have to keep remapping after any restart in order to access the front desk machine. Reconnect at logon is checked, by the way. Anybody have any idea how to fix this? | |
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Re: Need to keep remapping network drive
From: soda0289-ga on 09 Jun 2004 16:55 PDT |
Is it WinXP Home or Pro |
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Re: Need to keep remapping network drive
From: crythias-ga on 09 Jun 2004 17:35 PDT |
could you possibly be mapping a drive of the same letter as a hard drive or cd? would simply making a startup.bat that includes net use h: /delete net use h: \\front-desk\desksharename and putting it in the all users\programs\startup directory be helpful? |
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Re: Need to keep remapping network drive
From: nad27us-ga on 09 Jun 2004 23:07 PDT |
A couple of things you can do. In a command window use the "net use" command with the "/PERSISTENT:yes" as in net use z: \\targetmachine\targetshare /PERSISTENT:yes You can also right click on "My Computer" Select "Map Network Drive" In the dialog that pops up there should be a checkbox to make the mapping persistent. |
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Re: Need to keep remapping network drive
From: trevahaha-ga on 13 Jun 2004 09:27 PDT |
Additionally, in Windows XP: Open up shared computer, Right click on shared drive and do mapping... It will ask which drive to map to and an option to Reconnect at logon. If that doesn't work, you can always do what was said above. Make a bat file that contains the net use commands the crythias-ga stated and put that in your startup folder. Also, I've noticed a "bug" on some computers where a drive may not appear in My Computer/File dialogs but actually be mapped (i.e. you type in H: and it displays the mapped drive). |
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Re: Need to keep remapping network drive
From: lefish-ga on 29 Jun 2004 10:23 PDT |
I have the same problem with my XP box. My manually-mapped drives don't show up after restart, even though I've checked 'reconnect at logon'. Interestingly, I notice that if I go to 'map network drive' in Windows Explorer and pull down the list of drives to choose from, my mappings are listed there for the drive letter I assigned them originally. It's like the computer knows about it, but didn't tell the filesystem. Also notable is that once, *immediately* after startup, I opened Windows Explorer --> My Computer, and saw my mappings in the list of drives. However, a second later, they disappeared when Explorer did an auto-refresh. Hmmmmm........ Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? |
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