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Mapped drives don't show in explorer

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by cberndt

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A couple of months ago I began getting intermittent reports of user mapped drives being lost (running Win2k and WinXP desktop on Windows 2k3 Domain). I first wrote it off as user error (probably closing the logon batch window before the logon script had finished). I created desktop icons that users could click to remap the drives (rebooting did not always reconnect the drive mappings). Then it happened to me. When I looked at the windows explorer window my mapped drives did not show, but if I go to the command prompt and type "Net Use" the drives show up as OK and I',m able to access the drive thru the command prompt (I'm running WinXP Pro SP1 with the personal firewall enabled). The logon script is running thru \netlogon\logon.bat and not thru Active directory. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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by mikex

1.Open My computer=>Go to Tools=>Folder Options=>View tab=>and check "Automatically search for network folders and printers" - this will work on XP

2. Explore the network and go to the network drive /folder that you want to connect - Right click over it and choose "Map Network Drive" option (don't forget to click the checkbox down there - reconnect at logon) - Win all

by sgt_shultz

that's funny, i was just gonna say uncheck that box. also Folder View Options Use simple file sharing. uncheck that one also

by shawn

I would add a /PRESISTENT:YES switch to the net use command in your logon script. That should help with the drives not showing up.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Shawn

by curlergirl

Sounds like a browsing issue to me. What setting are you using for NetBIOS over TCP/IP? If you have it set to the "use setting from DHCP" option, try setting it to Enable instead and see if that makes any difference.

Hope this helps!

by cberndt

Answer #1 didn't help. But thank you for the suggestion. I'm testing the other answers to determine which is the most reliable fix.

by malt88

I'm experiencing the same issue on 2 XP pro workstations on my network, and I don't think it's a NETBUI issue. When the symptoms recur and you can't see your mapped drives from explorer, go to a cmd prompt and do a NET USE. I'm seeing that the drives will show up in the list of mappings even though they're not being displayed in explorer. So I know the drives are getting mapped. You might look at Microsoft article 812933 - it discusses these symptoms relative to a particular desktop policy setting and provides a hot-fix. I don't have this policy configured anywhere, though, so I'm loath to run the hotfix. Let me know if you figure it out. I'll post again if I find something.

by malt88

Here's an interesting tip from an ntcompatible.com discussion:

"Thanks for the Tips [on drives not appearing in xinExplorer], but unfortunately, NETBIOS or WINS didn't solve the issue.
I did, however, find the fix for anyone else who might have the same problem.
Running gpedit.msc, I drilled down to:
"Local Computer Policy/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Scripts"
In that template, there is an entry called "Run logon scripts sychronously". The default configuration is "Not Configured". I changed this to "Enabled", and her drives started mapping on their own.

I'm testing this policy setting now on my two pc's.

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