I have two PC's, one with Windows 7 Pro 32 bit and the other with XP Pro 32 bit. My family members use both PC's so I have identical accounts set up on both. I made a shared drive on both so that any of us could drop a file from one PC to the other. I wrote a batch file with the "NET USE" command to run on the XP PC any time a user logs in to map the shared drive of the other PC and it works great. The problem is the batch file won't work on the Windows 7 PC. When I tried to run it I get an error that says the the file isn't a valid Windows eternal or internal command, or batch file. What do I have to do get this batch file to work?
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Windows 7 batch file not working
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you need to have the batch file run with elevated user privileges...
regular users are not allowed to run CMD line commands/batch files... so basically all batch files need to run as administrator, use runas...
e.g. runas /user:REQUIREDUSERNAME /savecred c:\MountDrive.BAT
or create a shortcut to the batch file, then Drag&Drop it into the STARTUP folder (found under the START MENU), then right-click the icon and select the SHORTCUT tab (not the COMPATIBILITY tab), then click Advanced. There you will find another [b)Run as Administrator(/b) option that is just for shortcuts.
post back on your results... it also might help knowing the BATCH file's content (sans personal data of course)...
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regular users are not allowed to run CMD line commands/batch files... so basically all batch files need to run as administrator, use runas...
e.g. runas /user:REQUIREDUSERNAME /savecred c:\MountDrive.BAT
or create a shortcut to the batch file, then Drag&Drop it into the STARTUP folder (found under the START MENU), then right-click the icon and select the SHORTCUT tab (not the COMPATIBILITY tab), then click Advanced. There you will find another [b)Run as Administrator(/b) option that is just for shortcuts.
post back on your results... it also might help knowing the BATCH file's content (sans personal data of course)...
Ben
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that line would / should not work at all...
the line should read something along the lines of:
net use [x]: \\server\sharename
explaination:
[x] = the drive letter where you want the share to map to...
server = name of the server (or PC) or IP of the server (PC) where the share resides...
sharename = share name...
e.g. you have a share on your wife's PC (let's assume her PC has the IP of 192.168.0.10) named FreeLoad, and you want to map it to your PC (lets assume it has the IP 192:168:0:20) as drive N:
net use N: \\Wife'sPC\FreeLoad
or
net use N: \\192.168.0.10\FreeLoad
that should take care of the mapping then for you...
Ben
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the line should read something along the lines of:
net use [x]: \\server\sharename
explaination:
[x] = the drive letter where you want the share to map to...
server = name of the server (or PC) or IP of the server (PC) where the share resides...
sharename = share name...
e.g. you have a share on your wife's PC (let's assume her PC has the IP of 192.168.0.10) named FreeLoad, and you want to map it to your PC (lets assume it has the IP 192:168:0:20) as drive N:
net use N: \\Wife'sPC\FreeLoad
or
net use N: \\192.168.0.10\FreeLoad
that should take care of the mapping then for you...
Ben
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do post back on what Freestone asked...
it also may be an issue in that the network share is already mapped and is persistent...
you can try this, in your batch file precede the mapping command with a disconnect command first, thus making sure that the drive letter (and previous mapping to said drive letter) are clean and free to use...
e.g.:
net use N: /delete
net use N: \\Wife'sPC\FreeLoad
also remember, if you FORGET to map to a drive letter the share will, obviously, not show up in Explorer, but will be mapped...
Ben
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it also may be an issue in that the network share is already mapped and is persistent...
you can try this, in your batch file precede the mapping command with a disconnect command first, thus making sure that the drive letter (and previous mapping to said drive letter) are clean and free to use...
e.g.:
net use N: /delete
net use N: \\Wife'sPC\FreeLoad
also remember, if you FORGET to map to a drive letter the share will, obviously, not show up in Explorer, but will be mapped...
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
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- #8
I opened up a command prompt and manually mapped to the share drive. The command completed successfully and I saw the mapped drive in windows explorer. I then typed net use N: /delete and that deleted the mapped drive. I then typed in the shortcut I have for the batch file which is in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\programs\startup which I believe is where a batch file needs to be to be run and start up. It said it completed successfully and I saw the mapped drive in Windows Explorer. The real test will be when one of my kids logs in and I see if the drive was mapped for them.
glad to hear that it worked, and do keep us updated when the kids log in... 
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