Reconnecting Mapped drives - need to know if it works

[Retro-Bob]

A question on re-establishing Network connections at logon:

Unlike Win2k, win98, etc , the default configuration for XP
Home seems to be that it either does not try to reestablish network
connections. That is, when you log on, even with the network cable
disconnected or servers down, XP does not tell you that it can't
reestablish a permanent connection. It's ready to set up the
connection, but it does not actually "hit" it. So, you don't know
if it is actually connected or not.

Is there some way to get XP to actually redo those connections and
post an error message if they can't be reconnected ? I don't mind
waiting for a longer login time or responding to error messages a
la WIn2K - in fact, if the drives don't hook up, I _want_ error
messages.

Thanks,

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Have you considered using a startup batch file, something like:

net use x: /d
net use x: \\server\share

net use y: /d
net use y: \\server\share2

Put the batch file in your Startup group (or in All Users/Startup) to re-map
drives when you log on.

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