VFP not seeing Network Storage on Boot Up

[David Higgs]

I have my "VFP Projects" located on a Networked Drive so that I can access my projects from either my Laptop or Desktop PC. I notice that when I start up my Laptop, if I haven't already accessed Drive P: with for example, File Explorer, VFP cannot see my Projects. I have to go through the File Open Procedure to gain access. I understand that the cause is probably due to the Boot Up sequence of my Laptop not waiting to connect to the drive.

Can anyone suggest a way round this issue please?

Regards,

David.

Recreational user of VFP.

 

[Tore Bleken]

In your VFP startup routine, you can map to the drive programmatically. Something like this:
[pre]If Drivetype([P:]) = 1
Local wshnetwork As [wscript.network]
Local wshshell As [wscript.shell]
m.wshshell = Createobject([wscript.shell])
m.wshnetwork = Createobject([wscript.network])
m.wshnetwork.MapNetworkDrive([p:], [\\yourshare\yourfolder], .F., lcUsername, lcPassWord)
Release m.wshshell
Release wshnetwor
Endif
[/pre]

 

[Olaf Doschke]

You shouldn't need to do that once you create the mapped drives with the option

If that doesn't work I'd look into Windows.

Bye, Olaf.

Olaf Doschke Software Engineering

https://www.doschke.name

 

[mjcmkrsr]

Hi,

Sometimes my network drive - it's a NAS - needs more time to awake from hibernation than my laptop to boot. W10 usually throws an error icon on the right side of the taskbar - I only have to click that icon and my network drive restarts. You may want to check under "Taskbar settings - Taskbar - Select which icons appear on the taskbar". I'm using W10.

hth
MK

 

[GriffMG]

I wish my laptop would reboot so fast that was a problem for me

B-(

Think I need a new one.

Regards

Griff
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[GriffMG]

I do have a suggestion though, why not pop a shortcut to the drive into your startup folder, so windows opens it in Explorer as soon as you boot up?

Regards

Griff
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[David Higgs]

First of all, I apologise for not replying to the thread earlier, I have been recovering from a minor Hospital Procedure over the last few days.

Thank you all that replied to my original post. I am pleased to report that I have found the source of the problem; it was a Windows Update that had set "Fast Boot" to "on"; changing it to "off" solved the problem.

Regards,

David.

Recreational user of VFP.

 

[GriffMG]

Well done

Regards

Griff
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