mapped drive problems

i have written the following into a shortcut for the program to open from the
mapped drive

in shortcut properties
c:\premier9\myobp.exe m:\Clearwtr.myo where c:\ is the workstation's hard
drive, and m:\Clearwtr.myo is the name of the data file and the letter name
of the mapped drive.
Start in: c:\Premier9

I also placed a script in users start folder:
net use M: \\computername \data /y

But when i open the programs shortcut it does not open the mapped drive and
I need to search for it.

And the logon script does not create the mapped drive. I am needing to add
this in explorer myself.

the mapped drive opens otherwise on the users PC without any problem.

davidgold
Wed Apr 30 06:19:01 PDT 2008

I think you have your Net Use command slightly off.
try;
net use M: \\computername\sharename
(no spaces in the path - only one space after M:)
I assume the /y part is for persistent connections? If so you must use;
net use M: \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes
(there is one space after sharename)
You should test your command from a command prompt and see if it works
before you add it to a script. That way you know it's behavior. If you typed
it right you'll get
"The command completed successfully."
And you can then type M: at a prompt and it will change to your mapped
drive. Run a dir and make sure you are where you want your mapped drive to be.




"littleriver" wrote:

> i have written the following into a shortcut for the program to open from the
> mapped drive
>
> in shortcut properties
> c:\premier9\myobp.exe m:\Clearwtr.myo where c:\ is the workstation's hard
> drive, and m:\Clearwtr.myo is the name of the data file and the letter name
> of the mapped drive.
> Start in: c:\Premier9
>
> I also placed a script in users start folder:
> net use M: \\computername \data /y
>
> But when i open the programs shortcut it does not open the mapped drive and
> I need to search for it.
>
> And the logon script does not create the mapped drive. I am needing to add
> this in explorer myself.
>
> the mapped drive opens otherwise on the users PC without any problem.

littleriver
Wed May 21 04:33:01 PDT 2008

yes I pasted that sample with incorrect space but in the script it is correct
on the machines. I've gone back over this script in start up - all users
folder and can't seem to figure out why it isn't loading the map drive at
startup.

"davidgold" wrote:

> I think you have your Net Use command slightly off.
> try;
> net use M: \\computername\sharename
> (no spaces in the path - only one space after M:)
> I assume the /y part is for persistent connections? If so you must use;
> net use M: \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes
> (there is one space after sharename)
> You should test your command from a command prompt and see if it works
> before you add it to a script. That way you know it's behavior. If you typed
> it right you'll get
> "The command completed successfully."
> And you can then type M: at a prompt and it will change to your mapped
> drive. Run a dir and make sure you are where you want your mapped drive to be.
>
>
>
>
> "littleriver" wrote:
>
> > i have written the following into a shortcut for the program to open from the
> > mapped drive
> >
> > in shortcut properties
> > c:\premier9\myobp.exe m:\Clearwtr.myo where c:\ is the workstation's hard
> > drive, and m:\Clearwtr.myo is the name of the data file and the letter name
> > of the mapped drive.
> > Start in: c:\Premier9
> >
> > I also placed a script in users start folder:
> > net use M: \\computername \data /y
> >
> > But when i open the programs shortcut it does not open the mapped drive and
> > I need to search for it.
> >
> > And the logon script does not create the mapped drive. I am needing to add
> > this in explorer myself.
> >
> > the mapped drive opens otherwise on the users PC without any problem.

davidgold
Wed May 21 05:06:01 PDT 2008

what about the /y part? that would cause it to fail also. When you type your
command(s) at a command prompt does it say "The command completed
successfully" for each line in your script?

instead of in a startup group you can try group policy. Try Computer
Configuration/Windows Settings/Scripts/Startup
or
User Configuration/Windows Settings/Scripts/Logon

also, do you have a server? your script might work better there too.
\\server\sysvol\domain\scripts\


"littleriver" wrote:

> yes I pasted that sample with incorrect space but in the script it is correct
> on the machines. I've gone back over this script in start up - all users
> folder and can't seem to figure out why it isn't loading the map drive at
> startup.
>
> "davidgold" wrote:
>
> > I think you have your Net Use command slightly off.
> > try;
> > net use M: \\computername\sharename
> > (no spaces in the path - only one space after M:)
> > I assume the /y part is for persistent connections? If so you must use;
> > net use M: \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes
> > (there is one space after sharename)
> > You should test your command from a command prompt and see if it works
> > before you add it to a script. That way you know it's behavior. If you typed
> > it right you'll get
> > "The command completed successfully."
> > And you can then type M: at a prompt and it will change to your mapped
> > drive. Run a dir and make sure you are where you want your mapped drive to be.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "littleriver" wrote:
> >
> > > i have written the following into a shortcut for the program to open from the
> > > mapped drive
> > >
> > > in shortcut properties
> > > c:\premier9\myobp.exe m:\Clearwtr.myo where c:\ is the workstation's hard
> > > drive, and m:\Clearwtr.myo is the name of the data file and the letter name
> > > of the mapped drive.
> > > Start in: c:\Premier9
> > >
> > > I also placed a script in users start folder:
> > > net use M: \\computername \data /y
> > >
> > > But when i open the programs shortcut it does not open the mapped drive and
> > > I need to search for it.
> > >
> > > And the logon script does not create the mapped drive. I am needing to add
> > > this in explorer myself.
> > >
> > > the mapped drive opens otherwise on the users PC without any problem.

littleriver
Wed May 21 07:18:08 PDT 2008

what i have is net use M: \\server\share /persistant:yes

I have not tried running the script from the command line and will test that
when i visit again.

"davidgold" wrote:

> what about the /y part? that would cause it to fail also. When you type your
> command(s) at a command prompt does it say "The command completed
> successfully" for each line in your script?
>
> instead of in a startup group you can try group policy. Try Computer
> Configuration/Windows Settings/Scripts/Startup
> or
> User Configuration/Windows Settings/Scripts/Logon
>
> also, do you have a server? your script might work better there too.
> \\server\sysvol\domain\scripts\
>
>
> "littleriver" wrote:
>
> > yes I pasted that sample with incorrect space but in the script it is correct
> > on the machines. I've gone back over this script in start up - all users
> > folder and can't seem to figure out why it isn't loading the map drive at
> > startup.
> >
> > "davidgold" wrote:
> >
> > > I think you have your Net Use command slightly off.
> > > try;
> > > net use M: \\computername\sharename
> > > (no spaces in the path - only one space after M:)
> > > I assume the /y part is for persistent connections? If so you must use;
> > > net use M: \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes
> > > (there is one space after sharename)
> > > You should test your command from a command prompt and see if it works
> > > before you add it to a script. That way you know it's behavior. If you typed
> > > it right you'll get
> > > "The command completed successfully."
> > > And you can then type M: at a prompt and it will change to your mapped
> > > drive. Run a dir and make sure you are where you want your mapped drive to be.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "littleriver" wrote:
> > >
> > > > i have written the following into a shortcut for the program to open from the
> > > > mapped drive
> > > >
> > > > in shortcut properties
> > > > c:\premier9\myobp.exe m:\Clearwtr.myo where c:\ is the workstation's hard
> > > > drive, and m:\Clearwtr.myo is the name of the data file and the letter name
> > > > of the mapped drive.
> > > > Start in: c:\Premier9
> > > >
> > > > I also placed a script in users start folder:
> > > > net use M: \\computername \data /y
> > > >
> > > > But when i open the programs shortcut it does not open the mapped drive and
> > > > I need to search for it.
> > > >
> > > > And the logon script does not create the mapped drive. I am needing to add
> > > > this in explorer myself.
> > > >
> > > > the mapped drive opens otherwise on the users PC without any problem.