XP-Pro reconnect at startup problem.

[George]

Mapped drives will not reconnect at start up. The drive
letter has a red X through it on the explorer. I can
click on it and it will reconnect and remain connected
until the computer is turned off. The box to reconnect IS
checked. The Internet is available and all network places
are visible and available in Network Places. This problem
exists on 4 new installations of XP-Pro. The connection
is to a Win 98se computer, which stores some files and
does have the XP-Pro networking update file installed.
This does not appear to be a network problem but rather a
Windows reconnect problem. Any solutions?!?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Probably the easiest way to fix this would be to create a batch file that
runs at startup, use NET USE to disconnect and re-connect each share and put
that batch file in the All Users/Startup folder.

For example:

net use d: \\server\share /d
net use d: \\server\share /persistent:yes

Do this for each mapped drive and in this order - disconnect, then
reconnect.