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by sam.mereki Accepted solution
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INTRODUCTION
To connect and disconnect a network drive in Microsoft Windows XP, you can use one of the four methods that are described in this article. You can map a drive letter to any shared resource on a network. When you do so, you can quickly and easily access the resource by using either the Windows XP user interface or a command prompt. For each mapped drive, an icon appears in My Computer and a listing appears in the left pane of Windows Explorer.
Connect a drive from My Network Places
1.
Click Start, click My Network Places, click Entire Network, and then double-click Microsoft Windows Network.
2.
Double-click the domain that you want to open.
3.
Double-click the computer that has the shared resource you want to map. All the shared resources for that computer automatically appear in the window.
4.
Right-click the shared drive or folder that you want to map, and then click Map Network Drive.
5.
Click the drive letter that you want to use, and then specify whether you want to reconnect every time that you log on to your computer.
Note Network drives are mapped by using letters starting from the letter Z. This is the default drive letter for the first mapped drive you create. However, you can select another letter if you want to use a letter other than Z.
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Click Finish.
A windows opens that displays the contents of the resource you mapped.
Connect a drive from My Computer or Windows Explorer
1.
To connect a drive from My Computer, click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Explore.
To connect a drive from Windows Explorer, right-click Start, and then click Explore.
2.
On the Tools menu, click Map Network Drive.
3.
In the Drive box, click a drive letter.
4.
In the Folder box, type the UNC path for the server and shared resource in the following format: \\server name\share name. You can also click Browse to find the computer and shared resource.
You can map shared drives and shared folders. When you access a shared drive or folder you can also access subfolders if you have the appropriate permissions. However, you cannot map a drive for a subfolder that is not explicitly configured as a shared resource.
Use the Net Use command to map or disconnect a drive
You can use the net use command for batch files and scripts. To use the net use command to map or disconnect a drive:
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To map a network drive:
1.
Click Start, and then click Run.
2.
In the Open box, type cmd.
3.
Type net use x: \\computer name\share name, where x: is the drive letter you want to assign to the shared resource.
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To disconnect a mapped drive:
1.
Click Start, and then click Run.
2.
In the Open box, type cmd.
3.
Type net use x: /delete, where x: is the drive letter of the shared resource.
Disconnect from a mapped network drive
1.
Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2.
Right-click the icon for the mapped drive.
3.
Click Disconnect.
Note When you disconnect from a mapped drive, you remove the mapped drive letter that you assigned to the shared resource. You can still access the resource from My Network Places
Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
by sam.mereki Accepted solution
Thanks for your reply. I still cannot open the mapped network drive by double-clicking on it.
We have a domain network running a Windows 2000 server with 7 client workstations all running on Windows XP Pro.
I have just recently mapped another shared folder on server on one of this XP machines. Now when I try to open the mapped drive by double-clicking on it, it gives me the "open with" window of which I am given a list of programs to choose to open the shared resource. Of course I can open the shared folder by using windows explorer. It is just annoying that double-clicking will not open the mapped drive. All the other mapped drives seem to be working well.
The strange thing is that when I right-click on the mapped drive, I see choices on the shortcut menu that differ slightly from those on other mapped drives, like "AutoPlay", "Explorer(X)" and "Open (O)".
Does this make sense? I'm confused as to the nature of this problem in particular. Please help.
by sam.mereki Accepted solution
The problem was permissions. Here is what I did:
1. Right-click mapped drive
2. Click on Properties
3. Click on Security tab
4. Click on "User" under Group or User name then "Advanced" under "Permissions for that User". Make sure all boxes are checked.
5. Click on "Owner" under Advanced Security Settings for mapped drive
6. Change owner to one you wish to use
7. Check box "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects"
8. Click O.K.
You are taking ownership of that mapped drive.
by rob miners Accepted solution
I haven't tested it yet so if you could let us know if it works I would be grateful.
Download FixDrive.zip and save it to Desktop
http://www.winhelponline.com/fixes/fixdrive_v1.2.zip
Unzip the file and extract the contents (FixDrive.exe and readme.txt) to a folder
Double FixDrive.exe to run it
Select the drive-letter from the list that's exhibiting the problem
Click Fix
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