Mapping network drive for all users

[Todd hobdey]

I've got an application server (specifically running Citrix XP FR3) that
accesses application data on another server. I need to have all users that
log on to this machine get a mapped network drive to the data server, but I
don't want to use logon scripts, etc because I don't want the drive mapping
occurring on the client itself or on any other servers that user may log on
to.

Probably a simple question, but how can I have any user logging on to a
specific machine get a prespecified mapped network path? I tried putting an
entry in the Default User registry hive under the Network key, but that
didn't seem to work (maybe I screwed up somewhere).

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

There are several ways to solve this:

* run a logon script specific for TS sessions
195461 - How to Set Up a Logon Script Only for Terminal Server
Users
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=195461

* add the mapping to your standard login script, but check on TS
session first. Something like
if %COMPUTERNAME% == Citrix_server_name net use X: \\server\share

* define a logon script in a Group Policy and make this GPO TS-
specific
260370 - How to Apply Group Policy Objects to Terminal Services
Servers
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=260370

231287 - Loopback Processing of Group Policy
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=231287