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Need help with drive mapping problem...

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ddeder

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I have two PCs, one running Windows XP Pro and the other running Windows XP Home. Simple file sharing is enabled on the XP Pro PC. A data folder on the XP Pro PC is shared. I have mapped this shared folder on the XP Home PC to drive J. There is an application on the XP Home PC that requires access to this mapped drive in order to start.

Whenever the XP Home PC is restarted, the mapped drive is not automatically reconnected. (When I originally mapped the drive, I did check the box that says "reconnect at logon")

So after booting the XP Home PC, if I try to start the application that requires the mapped drive, I get an error telling me it can't find the files it needs. If I then go into My Computer and double click on the mapped drive, the contents of the mapped drive are displayed and I can the open the application that requires these files without a problem.

I am trying to find a way to make the mapped drive connect automatically upon restarting the computer.

Any help is appreciated.
 
Try removing the mapped drive and recreating it.

Execute the following from run (obviously change it to point to your share)

net use J: \\servername\sharename /persistent:yes

Reboot the machine and see if it survives the reboot.
 
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