Shortcut to drives causes useless error message

> 824143 - Desktop Shortcut to the 3 1/2 Inch Disk Drive or to the CD-ROM
> Drive Does Not Work:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;824143
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> Ramesh (MS-MVP)
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> "Brian Richards" <brian_1001@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:#uVfXODoDHA.1072@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> So I have a shortcut to both my C and D drive on my desktop. Both the
> shortcuts work when I click on them. However in dialog boxes when I'm

> to open or save a file if I click on those shortcuts I get an error

> saying "The drive or network share that System.lnk refers to is

> Make sure the disk is properly inserted or the network resource is
> available, and then try again." I click ok and I end up in the root C or D
> directory depending on which shortcut I chose. Other shortcuts to sub
> directories don't cause this error. Also creating the shortcuts in othe
> places besides the Desktop results in the same behavior. I can't seem to
> find anything that really describes or fixes my problem in the knowledge
> base or via google. Has anyone else seen this or have any other ideas

> how to really diagnose or fix the problem?
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> Thanks
>
> Brian
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