Can not access mapped drive

[Jack]

Hi,

My OS is Windows XP. I mapped a drive on another machine running
Windows 2000.
I set the permission of the mapped drive on the Windows 2000 machine
to be "accessible to everyone". On the Windows XP machine I can access
the mapped drive through Explore. By one of my third party software
can not access the mapped drive if I only use the drive ID of the
mapped drive, like E:. If I use UNC, e.g., \\host\\directory, the
third party software can access that drive.
What is the problem?

Thanks.

Jack

 

[Malke]

Hi,

My OS is Windows XP. I mapped a drive on another machine running
Windows 2000.
I set the permission of the mapped drive on the Windows 2000 machine
to be "accessible to everyone". On the Windows XP machine I can access
the mapped drive through Explore. By one of my third party software
can not access the mapped drive if I only use the drive ID of the
mapped drive, like E:. If I use UNC, e.g., \\host\\directory, the
third party software can access that drive.
What is the problem?

Contact the tech support for that third-party software. They will be
able to tell you.


Malke

 

[Jack]

Contact the tech support for that third-party software. They will be
able to tell you.

They said it is Windows XP's problem. Does anybody know why UNC works
but mapped drive does not work?

Thanks.