Terminal services network drive

[InvalidResponse]

Im running win2k server, with a bunch of thin client machines connected up to it. I want a network drive pointing to the company filing structure to be available to everyone. I have written a batch file and then in the Domain group policy set it to run on logon.

For some reason I get no network drive, in fact im not even sure if the batch file is running. Im new to Group Policies so perhaps im going about things the wrong way. Does anybody have any ideas??

Thanks in advance. They say hard work never killed anyone. But dont like taking chances.

 

[butchrecon]

Is the network drive on the Terminal Server? Can you post the contents of the bat file? James Collins
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[GlenJohnson]

Can you put the bat in the profiles tap of a user in Active Directory and see what happens? Try running the batch file manually with a pause statement at the end to see what is happening. Good luck. Glen A. Johnson
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[InvalidResponse]

The contents of the batch file are as follows:

@echo on

net use z: \\Swan\CDRIVE\Directory "Password" /USER:TST-LTD\Administrator

If I run the file manually then it installs the network drive as I want it.

Yes the network drive is on the termina
l server.

Thanks They say hard work never killed anyone. But dont like taking chances.

 

[InvalidResponse]

*bump* They say hard work never killed anyone. But dont like taking chances.

 

[brontosaurus]

try putting the batch file into the Startup folder for All Users on the Terminal Server instead of as a policy.

 

[InvalidResponse]

Worked fine.

Thanks. They say hard work never killed anyone. But dont like taking chances.

 

[Ogi]

If you want to do it a bit neater, add a line to the winnt\system32\usrlogon.cmd at the start to "call ?:\?\my_file.cmd" and that will run the batch file for everyone regardless!

Cheers,
Carl.

 

[InvalidResponse]

I tried adding the net use commmand inside the usrlogon.cmd file itself, but I didnt think of trying to use another file. Thanks. They say hard work never killed anyone. But dont like taking chances.