Mapped drive vs UNC path

[DJ]

All,

I am tring to find out the different of a mapped drive
(M:\ = \\server\share) vs a UNC path (\\server\share) . I
have a program on my network that will access files (macro
type files) that will input data into the program. This
will work if i load the data from my server using the UNC
path, but not if i map a drive and attemp to run it from
the mapped drive. Why would it be any different to run
\\server\share\file1 vs M:\file1? They are still the same
files... i need to get this fixed soon.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Mapped drives won't exist when no one is logged on.

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:
| All,
|
| I am tring to find out the different of a mapped drive
| (M:\ = \\server\share) vs a UNC path (\\server\share) . I
| have a program on my network that will access files (macro
| type files) that will input data into the program. This
| will work if i load the data from my server using the UNC
| path, but not if i map a drive and attemp to run it from
| the mapped drive. Why would it be any different to run
| \\server\share\file1 vs M:\file1? They are still the same
| files... i need to get this fixed soon.