Re: Rules for mapping drives or folders

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"Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Platform: XP Pro
About a year ago, I mapped the following folder on my machine,
calling
it
L:, to make easier to open the folder quickly (start, run, L:)

C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\DL

This worked smoothly. Incidentally, I was working in my admin
account.
I
just tried to do the same for another folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\My Documents\My Music

I get an error message:
The network path C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\My Documents\My
Music
could
not be found. Meanwhile, I'm looking right at the folder in
Explorer.
I
entered the path in the same way I stuck it in this message: Copied
from
the
Explorer address bar, then pasted into the Folder box in the Map
Network
Folder dialog.

In my 2nd attempt, I used the Browse button to find the folder. When
I
highlight the My Music folder, the OK button is greyed out. There
are
no
access issues witht that folder - I can perform all file functions
while
viewing it in Explorer.

What's going on here?




Surround your paths with double quotes, e.g. "C:\Doc ...\My Music"



Just tried it. Same error message.



OK, let's be specific and do it in a tightly controlled environment:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command verbatim:
net share Music="C:\Documents and Settings\Doug\My Documents\My Music"

Does it work? If it does not, what message(s) do you see?



Message:
Music was shared successfully.

By the way, keep in mind that I do NOT want to share this folder with the
other two users on this machine. And, thanks for your patience in
following
this issue. If I could send you a beer via email..... :-)

Thanks for the feedback, and the beer. Consider it drunk!


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