Trick OS with directories

[b4u]

Hi,

I have a program I need to install on a PC (with Win 2000 Pro). The PC is connected to a Windows 2000 Server, through a domain, and when the users logon, a disk I: is created, pointing to a shared directory on the server.

My purpose was to install the software on the Workstation PC, but instead of giving the directory C:\PROG for the installation, I wanted to give the directory I:\PROG. That way, the windows was tricked to work on the server, and the backups were a lot easier (data would be centralized).

The problem is that the software doesn't work on the I: disk. If I install on C:, it works fine, but on I: it doesn't enter the app, giving me an error like "The application was not correctly registered". I thought it would have something to do with the register, so I made some search on it and find no info that could unable it to work on a remote disk.

What I whant to ask is, is there another way of "tricking" windows to work with a shared directory as a local drive?

What makes it so diferent the I: drive created with NET USE command over a local disk, that a software refuses to work on it? Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[b4u]

* bump of luck *

 

[b4u]

* bump of luck *

(ops, posted twice ... sorry)

 

[Nothinman]

Did you install it to i: and run it from the same workstation from i:?

If not it's not Windows you have to trick, obviously the app does more than just install files and shortcuts during intallation.