MS Network Mapped Drives Disappearing after LogOut

[flexy]

I am using an old Win7 box as "server" for media. It has several media HDs attached to it which are mapped on the MS Network.

I notice that the shared drives are disappearing after I logout, say when I log-in and out via remote desktop, after a while...poop! Need to log-in again to make the drives appear on the network.

I need them PERMANENTLY and always available once the PC booted.

 

[sdifox]

Maybe the box is going into sleep mode?

 

[mikeymikec]

Aren't network drives a per-user configuration? Alternatively, the other point that springs to mind is that when one sets up a network drive through the GUI, a tickbox is available (ticked by default I'm fairly sure) to ask whether to reconnect the drive on user login.

I would just use UNC paths instead (e.g. \\fileserver\sharename) where possible.

 

[Yayo3p]

Check if computer maintenance is disabled. That sometimes cleans up Network shortcuts. Its possible that it could be cleaning up the mapped drives.

 

[Mushkins]

Aren't network drives a per-user configuration? Alternatively, the other point that springs to mind is that when one sets up a network drive through the GUI, a tickbox is available (ticked by default I'm fairly sure) to ask whether to reconnect the drive on user login.

I would just use UNC paths instead (e.g. \\fileserver\sharename) where possible.

Yes, network drive mappings are per-user. They are not a global setting.