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Mapped drives disconnect in Explorer

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by cwunder3 1 view

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Is there a way to stop mapped drives from disconnecting. After an undetermined amount of time, any drive that is mapped to a network share will get a red X through it as if it were disconnected. If you click on it, it connects to the share. I think this may be causing some remote backup issues. Is there any way to stop this from happening? Any help would be appreciated.

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by jimcim

Hi,
Go to a command prompt and type in

NET CONFIG SERVER /AUTODISCONNECT:-1

Run this from all workstations that are using
mapped drives. Also run it from the server. This will prevent the mapped drives from timing out.
After you run the command, if you still have the problem, type in
NET CONFIG SERVER
and check to make sure the idle session time is
set for -1. If not, rerun the command with the
autodisconnect. I have seen where it doesn't
take on the first try and you have to rerun the
command. For more information, see Microsoft
Article 297684-Mapped Drive Connection to Network Share May Be Lost
Good luck, Jim

by cwunder3

This seems to be doing the trick. I had tried the registry trick in that same article, and that didn't seem to hold. But the command line is working. Thanks.

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