Map Drives and 80070043 error 1

[penauroth]

I am trying to map a read-only network share. I can successfully map using the net use command:

C:\net use Z: \\myserver\myshare
The command completed successfully.

However, when I use vbscript:

Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")

objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "Z:", "\\myserver\myshare\"

Set objNetwork = Nothing

I get the following error message: "The network name cannot be found."

This is happening on all systems on this particular subnet. Other shares (r+w) on the same server are mapping fine. Thanks.

Paul

Work on Windows, play on Linux.

 

[PhilJackson]

Change your script to:

Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")

objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "Z:", "\\myserver\myshare"

Set objNetwork = Nothing

The MapNetworkDrive does not accept the mapping with a trailing slash.

Spong

 

[penauroth]

Genius! Good work Spong. Star for you.

The troubling error did not raise its ugly head but I don't understand why one drive won't map and the other 2 will? The other two also has the trailing slash.

objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "X:", "\\myserver\myshare1\"
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "Y:", "\\myserver\myshare2\"
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "Z:", "\\myserver\myshare3\"

The other subnet does not have any problems with the trailing backslash.

Paul

Work on Windows, play on Linux.