Re: Can't map folder


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"Doug Kanter" <ancientangler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Using XP Pro. I've got a folder in my root directory that I'd like to map
as drive P:. Can't seem to make it happen. In Explorer, I click on Tools,
Map Network Drive. In the dialog box, there's an example of how to enter
the computer & dir name, so I follow that pattern and enter
\\Doug-Desktop\Para (all of which is correct). Windows searches for the
network drive and says it cannot be found. If I use the browse button and
point to C:\PARA, the OK button in that dialog is greyed out. What's
going on?

By the way, this is a standalone machine, no connections to any network.


so you are not trying to map a "network drive" , you are trying to assign
a drive letter to a local folder ...

you could create another partition on your HD and move the folder
there...then name the "new" drive as P:

any particular reason you are doing this ?


Before responding to "any particular reason", I should mention that this
worked on a previous computer which was set up just like this one...almost
(since it's not working here).

I'm doing it because there's an application which runs on my company
headquarters' machines, and points to a data directory on their server as
P:. On my standalone machine, that same data directory is simply C:\PARA.
When I make occasional modifications to the program using my machine, it
obviously doesn't work, since it's looking for P: drive.

I think the question here is "How does one convince Windows that it's on a
network?", even though it's not. I'd prefer not to use the SUBST command,
but I suppose that's an option.


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