Connecting to shares at startup, but unable to access until selected in Explorer.

[jtpr]

I have several drives mapped to a few systems around the house. This
is a workgroup (no domain) setup. When I reboot these drives get
mapped, but until I actually open them in explorer, they are
unavailable. For example, I have a drive Q: that is mapped to a
system public share on another system. I use this to backup several
files. One file is my Quicken data file. Now, after I reboot and
open Quicken, do some work, then try to backup the file. It can't
find Q:. I look in explorer and find that Q: is listed but
disconnected. I click on it and it opens up. I then go back to
Quicken and back up the file.

This type of scenario happens on different systems to different
shares.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

sounds like autodisconenction issue.
Connectivity
Resolution: you may need to do these two to disable autodisconnection. 1) You may want to disable autodisconnection by using "net server /disconnect:-1" on ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/connectivity.htm

Mapping Issues
If you disable autodisconnection and you are running workgroup, you may be easily to hit the limit (10 connections for workgroup). Even some computers are ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/mapping.htm -

Connectivity issues
Try to disable autodisconnection feature first. 2. If disabling autoconnection doesn't fix the problem and other workstations don't have the same issue, ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/connectivity2.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have several drives mapped to a few systems around the house. This
is a workgroup (no domain) setup. When I reboot these drives get
mapped, but until I actually open them in explorer, they are
unavailable. For example, I have a drive Q: that is mapped to a
system public share on another system. I use this to backup several
files. One file is my Quicken data file. Now, after I reboot and
open Quicken, do some work, then try to backup the file. It can't
find Q:. I look in explorer and find that Q: is listed but
disconnected. I click on it and it opens up. I then go back to
Quicken and back up the file.

This type of scenario happens on different systems to different
shares.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[jtpr]

sounds like autodisconenction issue.
Connectivity
Resolution: you may need to do these two to disable autodisconnection. 1) You may want to disable autodisconnection by using "net server /disconnect:-1" on ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/connectivity.htm

Mapping Issues
If you disable autodisconnection and you are running workgroup, you may be easily to hit the limit (10 connections for workgroup). Even some computers are ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/mapping.htm-

Connectivity issues
Try to disable autodisconnection feature first. 2. If disabling autoconnection doesn't fix the problem and other workstations don't have the same issue, ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/connectivity2.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have several drives mapped to a few systems around the house. This
is a workgroup (no domain) setup. When I reboot these drives get
mapped, but until I actually open them in explorer, they are
unavailable. For example, I have a drive Q: that is mapped to a
system public share on another system. I use this to backup several
files. One file is my Quicken data file. Now, after I reboot and
open Quicken, do some work, then try to backup the file. It can't
find Q:. I look in explorer and find that Q: is listed but
disconnected. I click on it and it opens up. I then go back to
Quicken and back up the file.

This type of scenario happens on different systems to different
shares.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Jim

Thank you. I am a peer to peer situation here though. WinXP<--

WinXP, so there is no net server comand. I looked through the group

policy editor but didn't see anything relevant. If I map a drive via
Windows Explorer, is it mapping it as persistent yes or no?

-Jim