Disable mapping to the same drive

[Solo]

I’m running NT4 on my local machine, through out the day my pc would map it self automatically to another server until all letter are use up. I could disconnect the drives but later on it does it over and over again.<br><br>Solo<br>

 

[SRaji]

Hi,<br><br>To work around this problem, use the following appropriate methods.<br>&nbsp;<br>1.Avoid Searching Folders That Contain Shortcuts<br>--------------------------------------------------------<br>Because Windows NT maps a network drive for each shortcut with a target drive that uses a drive letter, narrow your search to include only those folders that do not contain shortcuts to documents located on network drives.<br>Shortcut file names contain the .lnk file name extension. As an alternative, consider moving .lnk files to a different folder before you index or search.<br>&nbsp;<br>2. Change Shortcut Target Locations to UNC Paths<br>-------------------------------------------------------<br>&nbsp;<br>In the Properties dialog box for each shortcut, change the Target for the shortcut from a static drive letter to a UNC path. For example, change<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E:\Folder1\Myfile.doc&quot;<br>&nbsp;<br>to<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\\&lt;Server\&lt;Shared Folder&gt;<br>&nbsp;<br>where &lt;Server&gt; is the name of the computer or server and &lt;Shared Folder&gt; is the shared folder on that drive. <br><br>3. Disable Microsoft Find Fast<br>-------------------------------------<br>&nbsp;<br>Disabling Find Fast may help to minimize this problem. However, this method does not resolve the behavior and may not work in every situation.Microsoft does not recommend disabling Find Fast if you are administering a Microsoft Windows NT server.<br>&nbsp;<br>NOTE: If you are running Microsoft Windows NT Server and install the Srvpack on the Microsoft Office 97 compact disc, removing Find Fast disables several features, including the Web search features. <br><br>Try this out and let me know.<br><br>Rajalakshmi<br><A HREF="mailto:dassraji@hotmail.com">dassraji@hotmail.com</A><br>