Icon Remaps its self to different drives

[DougP]

I have created a program using Visual Basic. Then I created an Icon which launches the .exe
This program runs on several NT workstations in the building.
The program is located on the P: network drive.
Every NT workstation has P: mapped to the same folder on the server \\servername\programming

So the icon has this in it now
L:\Time-IS\Time-Is2.exe

but it used to be P:\Time-IS\Time-Is2.exe
then I change it back again in the icon in Properties.
Then after a few days I have an L drive. Its back again
Alos I may have L: M: N: O:
I un-map all of these, and look at the Icon and change it back to P: again but this continues to happen on and on.
This never stops.

Some NT workstations it maps drives until it maps every free letter left and the starts to slow the computer down tremendously .BTW the Pc’s are PIII 733 with 384 Meg RAM.

Any ideas????
DougP, MCP

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[DavidYork]

Doug,
At the workstation map the drive from the DOS prompt as follows:
Net use P: \\servernm\sharenm /persistent:yes

Then point the icon path to P:

This mapping will survive new sessions.

 

[dsi]

Why don't you just put the complete path to the file in the shortcut instead of to a mapped drive? Then, regardless of the map, as long as the user has access to that folder, they can run the application. DimensionalSolutions@Core.com
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