Mapping a network drive and hide the connection to usrs

[Kenny Nelson]

I am currently working on a small application, created in VB5, that requires
me to map to a network drive on a Win 2003 server when a user launches the
application and disconect from the drive when the application is closed down.
This is fairly straight forward to do, but here is the twist. The mapped
drive that is created by the application should not be avaliable to the user
within My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Can this be done and how simple is it to do if it can be done?

I have been looking around for the past couple of days trying to find some
way of doing this but I have had no luck.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Kenny

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am currently working on a small application, created in VB5, that
requires
me to map to a network drive on a Win 2003 server when a user launches the
application and disconect from the drive when the application is closed
down.
This is fairly straight forward to do, but here is the twist. The mapped
drive that is created by the application should not be avaliable to the
user
within My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Can this be done and how simple is it to do if it can be done?

I have been looking around for the past couple of days trying to find some
way of doing this but I have had no luck.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Kenny

I don't think you can do this - it goes against the very grain of
Windows Explorer.

 

[John John (MVP)]

You should be able to do it with group policies, you can selectively
hide drive letters there. The corresponding registry edit for it is
shown here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158457

John

 

[CurtB]

I realize you said your application requires you to map a drive. But, if
that's not actually a requirement, you could try using a universal naming
convention (UNC) and avoid mapping a drive. UNC format:
\\servername\sharename\path\filename

 

[Kenny Nelson]

Thanks for the help. I will give this a shot along with what John John has
suggested.

Kenny.

 

[Kenny Nelson]

Thanks, ill give this a shot.

Kenny

You should be able to do it with group policies, you can selectively
hide drive letters there. The corresponding registry edit for it is
shown here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158457

John

 

[John John (MVP)]

You're welcome.

John

Thanks, ill give this a shot.

Kenny

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