Subj : Files on LAN. To : Gerald Miller From : mark lewis Date : Tue Jul 06 2004 11:58 pm GM> Just to *_update_* you... I just used the file manager AND GM> all the network drives are mapped on the WfW box (and all GM> without SHARE being installed). good... i seem to have a fleeting memory that there is a share environment being loaded automatically within windows... GM> I have "C:\Windows\net start" in my Autoexec.bat. GM> I put "C:\Windows\net use /yes" in my WIN.BTM and saw: GM> Cannot reconnect H: to \\W98SE\SHAREDDOCS (Error 53) GM> Cannot reconnect I: to \\W98SE\W98 HOLD (Error 53) GM> There are no entries in the list. ahh, no... don't put them in the bat files... if you are mapping the drives with net use, you put that complete command in there and then use net use manually whenever you want to see what's connected to what... ie: if i were starting the networking stuff before windows is loaded, i might do this... net use e: \\darktower-e\home net use f: \\darktower-e\public net use g: \\bbs\c net use h: \\bbs\d and then, some time later, i might open or access a dos prompt and type in "net use" to see something similar to the following (from an actual working setup)... c:\>net use Status Local name Remote name 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 OK E: \\WPLACE\E OK F: \\WPLACE\F OK G: \\WPLACE\G OK H: \\WPLACE\H OK I: \\WPLACE\CDROM Disconnected L: \\BEEHIVE\C OK M: \\DARKTOWER-E\PUBLIC OK N: \\DARKTOWER-E\DARKSTAR OK O: \\DARKTOWER-W\CDROMS OK P: \\BEEHIVE4\C Disconnected Q: \\BEEHIVE2\C Disconnected R: \\BEEHIVE2\D OK X: \\WPLACE\D OK Y: \\WPLACE\E OK Z: \\WPLACE\C OK LPT3 \\DARKTOWER-E\LP1 The command was completed successfully. GM> AND, net use is being loaded into memory which prevents GM> me from unloading the mouse from memory when I quit WfW. that's wierd... GM> I'm going to have to change the order how things are being GM> loaded and try some of the other options that are available GM> with NET.... see above on "net use" usage ;) you should also be able to do this in a .BAT file that you might have in the startup folder... i can't remember if win3 stuff had a startup folder ... then again, its ok to let fileman do it but i seem to recall that it didn't happen unless fileman was running ... you'll have to play with that... then again, i'd likely just get the mapping done on a one time basis, copy the stuff over the wire and then work on getting everything working in the new environment ;) )\/(ark * Origin: (1:3634/12) .