Mapped drive issues

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Chris Pettingill

I posted about my specific problem on Wed Sept 24, "Mapped Drive not seen",
and have not received any replies yet. So, I thought I'd try some different
questions.

What protocols and security settings are required to allow users to use
mapped drives? Are there differences between how Win2000 and WinNT deal
with mapped drives (where 2000 or NT hosts the share, and the mapped drive
is on a WinXP/9x client)? What API functions allow software to detect
mapped drives, and is there anything that could cause mapped drives to be
missed by said function(s) (especially with the share hosted on a Win2000
machine)?

Thanks,
Chris
 
What you describe sounds like a very bad and kludgy solution
to me: The developer doing things that fall into the domain of
the operating system, and falling flat on his face when exposed
to newer versions of Windows.

You are quite correct with your suspicion: Windows 2000 and
up let you map drives to folders within shares. Earlier versions
would not let you do this. The developer of your software did
not expect this, hence the problem . . .
 
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