Subj : Files on LAN. To : mark lewis From : Gerald Miller Date : Wed Jul 07 2004 09:34 pm Hello Mark, Responding to a post in the LAN area: On Tuesday July 06 2004 at 22:58, Mark Lewis [1:3634/12] wrote to Gerald Miller, about: Files on LAN. 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). ML> good... i seem to have a fleeting memory that there is a share ML> environment being loaded automatically within windows... I thought as much... Would it be "device=vshare.386" in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI? 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. ML> ahh, no... don't put them in the bat files... if you are mapping the ML> drives with net use, you put that complete command in there and then ML> use net use manually whenever you want to see what's connected to ML> what... ML> ie: if i were starting the networking stuff before windows is loaded, ML> i might do this... ML> net use e: \\darktower-e\home ML> net use f: \\darktower-e\public ML> net use g: \\bbs\c ML> net use h: \\bbs\d ML> and then, some time later, i might open or access a dos prompt and ML> type in "net use" to see something similar to the following (from an ML> actual working setup)... c:\>> net use ML> Status Local name Remote name ML> 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 ML> OK E: \\WPLACE\E ML> OK F: \\WPLACE\F ML> OK G: \\WPLACE\G ML> OK H: \\WPLACE\H ML> OK I: \\WPLACE\CDROM ML> Disconnected L: \\BEEHIVE\C ML> OK M: \\DARKTOWER-E\PUBLIC ML> OK N: \\DARKTOWER-E\DARKSTAR ML> OK O: \\DARKTOWER-W\CDROMS ML> OK P: \\BEEHIVE4\C ML> Disconnected Q: \\BEEHIVE2\C ML> Disconnected R: \\BEEHIVE2\D ML> OK X: \\WPLACE\D ML> OK Y: \\WPLACE\E ML> OK Z: \\WPLACE\C ML> OK LPT3 \\DARKTOWER-E\LP1 ML> 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. ML> 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.... ML> see above on "net use" usage ;) ML> you should also be able to do this in a .BAT file that you might have ML> in the startup folder... i can't remember if win3 stuff had a startup ML> folder ... then again, its ok to let fileman do it ML> but i seem to recall that it didn't happen unless fileman was running ML> ... you'll have to play with that... then again, i'd ML> likely just get the mapping done on a one time basis, copy the stuff ML> over the wire and then work on getting everything working in the new ML> environment ;) I don't recall seeing a startup folder. I'll have to do some digging around, probably over the weekend. In the meantime, thank you for the information regarding net use... Cheers ... Gerald .... Insanity is my only means of relaxation. --- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-040330 [msg of Wednesday July 07 2004] * Origin: A penny saved is 2.5 grams of zinc alloy. (1:342/512) .