Acessing Mapped Network Drives

[Jonathan]

Hi everyone.

I’m new to the forum and to XYplorer, and would like to start out by thanking Donald for developing such a superb program. I initially downloaded the freeware version 4.50, but when I saw how good the program is, I thought it only right to pay for a licence!

I have just one problem on which I need help - I think that it is actually an operating system issue, but one that only affects me when I use XYplorer.

I have 1 desktop and 1 laptop PC, both running XP Professional, connected by a wireless network, with mapped drives. Although both PCs report “Unable to reconnect network drives” when I boot them up (regardless of whether the other PC has already booted), I have had no problem accessing the network drives when using Windows Explorer. However, they are reported as unavailable when I use XYplorer, yet once I have accessed them with Windows Explorer, XYplorer can see them.

Looking into the problem further, I have discovered that My Computer initially reports the mapped network drives as “Disconnected”, but if I access the drives via Windows Explorer, My Computer then reports the drives as connected.

So, to summarise the problem. My mapped network drives will not reconnect when I boot up, and will only do so when selected in Windows Explorer. And my questions are:

1) Can anyone suggest actions I could take to make the drives reconnect on booting?

2) If not, is there some way to automatically force a reconnection subsequent to booting (without accessing each of the drives in Windows Explorer?

3) And failing that, is there some way that XYplorer can make the drives reconnect, in the same way that Windows Explorer does?

Many thanks,

Jonathan

[admin]

Interesting issue -- I had it myself some days ago (after installing XP SP2). I curious if anybody knows an answer to your first two questions.

3) And failing that, is there some way that XYplorer can make the drives reconnect, in the same way that Windows Explorer does?

I will try and see...

Welcome to the XY think tank!

Don

[admin]

3) And failing that, is there some way that XYplorer can make the drives reconnect, in the same way that Windows Explorer does?

Yep, now XYplorer can. The next BETA will reconnect your drives on a simple F4.

[Jonathan]

Yep, now XYplorer can. The next BETA will reconnect your drives on a simple F4.

That's brilliant , and it demonstrates again that your support is second to none!

Many thanks.

Jonathan

[guster]

I can't get to network resorces with xplorer through my vpn. IE worked and I think WE did, but they took minutes and were slower from high speed wireless than previously through direct dial-up. I will try f4 when I go home. Any other suggestions?

[admin]

I can't get to network resorces with xplorer through my vpn. IE worked and I think WE did, but they took minutes and were slower from high speed wireless than previously through direct dial-up. I will try f4 when I go home. Any other suggestions?

If you have an UNC path paste it into the address bar and hit <enter>. If the server is reachable you should see it, else no luck. F4 won't do much for you here.

[guster]

I tried \\domain\address and \\address. Shouldn't this work the same as the windows progs?

[guster]

So if \\domain\address (or \\address) worked in the windows programs, they must be correct UNC addresses that should work in XYplorer, right?

If the vpn is slowing everything down, will XYplorer accomodate the slow connection to resources?

[admin]

So if \\domain\address (or \\address) worked in the windows programs, they must be correct UNC addresses that should work in XYplorer, right?

If the vpn is slowing everything down, will XYplorer accomodate the slow connection to resources?

The supported syntax is \\server\share\sharedfolder\.
XY caches the server names, nothing else. You have to see whether that makes a difference in your case.

[pissant]

I'm using 5.00.0120, and nothing at all appears in My Network Places, no matter what I do (yes, I have the Show My Network Places option enabled).

I have one FTP site and one LAN share defined in My Network Places, and both appear and work fine in Explorer. But nothing seems to make them appear in XYplorer. All I get is the My Network Places tree item itself, with nothing under it.

[admin]

I'm using 5.00.0120, and nothing at all appears in My Network Places, no matter what I do (yes, I have the Show My Network Places option enabled).

You mean this is since 5.00.0120?

[pissant]

No, it has been that way for at least a few builds. I never before tried using My Network Places in XYplorer.

[admin]

No, it has been that way for at least a few builds. I never before tried using My Network Places in XYplorer.

Did you try to enter a network address via address bar (\\server\share\sharedfolder\)?

[pissant]

No, but now that I have, it seems to work. So for every share I have, I've got to add it to Explorer, then copy it in Explorer's Address Bar, and paste it in XYplorer's?

[admin]

No, but now that I have, it seems to work. So for every share I have, I've got to add it to Explorer, then copy it in Explorer's Address Bar, and paste it in XYplorer's?

No, that's just the way to add shares that are hidden for some reason from the nethood (e.g. because they are not within the local/primary domain). I cannot know why your shares are not visible directly.
BTW, ftp is not supported by XY.