Lose network drive, shortcut reverts target to previous setting 2

[hallux]

Hello,
Is there any way I can force a shortcut to maintain a target instead of reverting the previous setting?

Details
We use an application that sets a shortcut icon on the desktop with a target path of something like "c:\myapp\myapp.exe". Well, for testing purposes, it is required to share c:\myapp, then to map a network drive like S: to the local share myapp. Then we go into the shortcut and change the target path to "s:\myapp.exe" and the program runs as expected. When I logon and the S: drive is not set, it reverts to the "c:\myapp\myapp.exe" as the target for the shortcut icon. I would like to know how to force it to keep the S:\myapp.exe as target.

Thanks,
Hallux

 

[WANguy2k]

I maybe misreading your post, but I think you can either map the drive permanently in My Computer, or put this in your login script:

net use s: c:\myapp /persistent:yes

 

[hallux]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I already have that setup correctly. It is when for one reason or other the connection is lost, the target falls back. Hope that helps.

I may have to chalk this one up to things that I know Microsoft will that that I don't like but are working as expected. I just would like the icon to keep the path to the S: drive executable, even if the S: drive is not available. But it probably reverts back to the last known good executable as a fall back option.

Thanks,
Hallux

 

[moorethan]

have you tried using the url \\servername\share instead of S: ?

 

[hallux]

Unfortunately the application is hard-coded to use T:, so I cannont change that, but thanks for the suggestion.
-Hallux