re: Win XP Mapped Drives
Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 11:48 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Michelle
(417 messages posted)
Make sure you have "Reconnect at Logon" checked in your mapping. http://www.dummies.com/WindowsXP/0-7645-0897-0_0004.html
Microsoft says it won't reconnect if the resource is offline but "Reconnect at Logon"
should work just like previous versions...although I have not actually tried it yet.
On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 8:46 am, jwess wrote:
>When mapping network drives in Win XP, they do not automatically reconnect at startup.
>The mapping is enabled at startup, but Win XP does not automatically "connect";
they
>will only reconnect if you go to Explorer or you open a file on the mapped drive
>via a shortcut. This is causing problems with applications (Peachtree Accounting)
>which don't actually access the mapped drive when it starts, but merely checks to
>see that there is an existing connection. Microsoft says the fact that the mapped
>drives don't automatically reconnect is "by design" (how ignorant is that?). Does
>anybody have a solution or a workaround? Thanks.
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- Win XP Mapped Drives (Josh W: Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 8:46 am)
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