Mapped drives not showing in My Computer/Windows Explorer

Posted: 07-16-2003, 03:50 PM
OS: Windows XP

Has anyone experienced that? Several of the mapped drives
would not show in Win. Explorer, even after refreshing.
Otherwise these drives are accessible by applications, as
well as show in Command Prompt via "net use" command.

Another issue - on numerous occassions users are unable
to open a file by double clicking on its icon. They
would have to resource to right/oposit click, and then
select "Open" from the pop-up menu. Is there a fix for
that?

Thanks a bunch!

Kris
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Posted: 07-03-2008, 11:42 PM
I occasionally have the same problem after rebooting. I'm on XP SP2. I login to a network, and a login script maps some drives for me. Within Windows Explorer, under "My Computer" the drives do not appear sometimes. However, I can access those locations by typing in the mapped drive letter and the folder I want under Start > Run. I can also see the mappings exist when I go to "Map a Drive". So I know the drives really are getting mapped. It's just for some reason Windows Explorer doesn't always want to show them to me. It happens sporadically, and is evident immediately upon booting up. If I can see them, they stay there, they don't "disappear" suddenly.
I would love to know what's causing it to happen sometimes.
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