Win98 Shortcuts

Shortcuts are Icons that point to the program, folder etc., and usually placed on the desktop. Right click on the offending shortcut>select properties and click the tab that says shortcut and make sure the "START IN" and "TARGET" entries (paths) areall correct, this is where the shortcut knows where to go, or delete the shortcut and re-create it. Instead of a shortcut for a network folder why not map to the network drive instead? Copy and paste any of these addresses in the browser address boxand see how to map the drive graphically. Easier than me explaining how. One thing if you want to have the mapped drive reconnect automatically next time the user logs on you have to check the "Reconnect at Logon" box!!!

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/educ_school/edcal/Mapndrv.html

http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwits/probsoln/win_nt4drivemap.htm

http://www.helmig.com/j_helmig/guidmap.htm

The shortcut doesn't seem to be the problem now. The users computer is locking up no matter how the access that particular folder. It seems to be the only computer that this happens to.

If the computer is locking up no matter how you access the database on the server and no other computer is having that problem, the problem may be hardware related. Try changing the NIC card and see if that solves the problem. If they have generalproblems connecting to the server, also check the cabling. The signal may be recieving interferance along the way. Hope this helps you out.

OK I guess you did try mapping directly to the folder and that did not work. are you going through a hub or a switch to the server? do many other users use this folder at the same time? what topology is your network? Is this computer protected with the latest antivirus software updates? Is the server NT or what? Is this computer NT Workstation or 98... sorry I think you said 98. Are you using share level access control or user level access control? That's under the Network Neighborhood properties. Check the entire Net. Neighborhood properties against a working computer's properties. Is the problem still there when log on as Administrator or only as this user? Please answer these if you can, this is an interesting problem we can all learn from.

We have had problems with shortcuts in our environment because Microsoft built intelligence into shortcuts. If you map a drive letter to a network share, create a shortcut to something on that drive letter, remap the drive letter to another share, and double-click on the shortcut, you will find that windows will map another drive letter to the original share. There are other smarts built in that can manifest themselves in a variety of ways. The problems usually show up when shortcuts are copiedfrom one user to another. Microsoft has a program called shortcut.exe available on their website to correct problems with shortcuts. Email if you cannot locate it and I'll send you a copy.

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