mapped network drive does not reconnect - Win XP

[squirrellydw]

I have a PC with a drive mapped to unRAID and on the PC I have a Jukebox program (FreeboxJukebox) that I have start up automatically.  The problem is the drive shows up under My Computer but it doesn't reconnect unless I double click on it.  So the program tells me the network share/drive is not there. 

 

How can i make the drive reconnect on each start up?

[Rajahal]

Are you using user level security on the server?  If so you may need to set the PC to remember the username and password.

 

Also, will it work with a user share instead of a mapped drive?  I only use user shares, and they always connect automatically for programs that feed off of them (such as uTorrent).

[squirrellydw]

Yes, I am using user shares on the server.  I login with the user that is on the server, xp remembers it.  This may sound dumb but how do I map a user share? 

[Rajahal]

You don't, you create a shortcut to it.  In Win7, I like to use the 'favorites' on the left of the explorer window.  In WinXP, you could just create a shortcut on your desktop or wherever you like, then point your jukebox program to that.  Give it a try, see what happens.

[lionelhutz]

Can these programs just use the network path \\tower\disk1 instead of the mapped f:\disk1?

 

Peter

[eroz]

Yes, I am using user shares on the server.  I login with the user that is on the server, xp remembers it.  This may sound dumb but how do I map a user share? 

 

I use Win7, so not sure on XP, click on on My Computer, there might be a tab that says "Map a Network Drive", then browse using the Network path until you reach the share you want to map.