Mapped network drive won't reconnect after re-boot

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Paul Davies

I am using XP Home edition and have 3 PC's on a network.
When I map a network drive and tick the reconnect at logon
box it is available until I re-boot the PC. After a re-
boot the mapped drive appears with a red cross next to
it. If I run a program that uses the network drive it
can't gain access. I have to double click the drive in
explorer and it is then available again. Is there a way
that the resource can be available automatically ?
 
Paul said:
I am using XP Home edition and have 3 PC's on a network.
When I map a network drive and tick the reconnect at logon
box it is available until I re-boot the PC. After a re-
boot the mapped drive appears with a red cross next to
it. If I run a program that uses the network drive it
can't gain access. I have to double click the drive in
explorer and it is then available again. Is there a way
that the resource can be available automatically ?
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Try this: on the XP HE box, create a .BAT file with a command
line for each net.mapped drive like:

Net use X: \\PCname\ShareName /persistent:yes <password>

Then, create a link to that .BAT file in your Startup folder,
so that on every reboot the drive mappings will be rebuilt.
 
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