XP Pro x64, New drive or mapped network drive not available

[Dave Bunch]

Is there a hotfix that fixes this issue in XP x64 SP2.

New drive or mapped network drive not available in Windows Explorer


Microsoft finally came out with a hotfix for x32 SP2 right before SP3 was
released.

But I have not seen any hotifxes for x64.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is there a hotfix that fixes this issue in XP x64 SP2.

New drive or mapped network drive not available in Windows Explorer


Microsoft finally came out with a hotfix for x32 SP2 right before
SP3 was released.

But I have not seen any hotifxes for x64.

Can you be much more specific on what update came out for what problem?
(KB###### would be great)

 

[Dave Bunch]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297694

This is the article that allows you to download the hotfix which fixes the
issue with XP x32. But no mention of x64

 

[Bob I]

The "work around" for the past couple decades has been to not map
network drives starting from the bottom.

This behavior occurs if you map a network drive to the first available
drive letter after the drive letters for the local volumes and CD-ROM
drives. When you install a new device or volume, Mount Manager, which
assigns drive letters to volumes, does not recognize the mapped network
drive and assigns the next available drive letter to the new device or
volume. This causes a collision with the existing mapped network drive.