Setting Environmental Variables and Shared Drives

[gazzanewpy]

Okay, I can set up a default user and copy the profile across for printers, etc. However, when I connect shared drives and set environmental variables these seems to disappear. Now, I know XP had a problem with this but the laptops are fully updated so that should not be a problem. The laptops are not always used on the network (completely roaming) and so I wondered if their being removed would lose the drives but it happens even if they are hard-wired (rather than wireless) and logged on, logged off, logged on. SO, how do I set the Environmental Variables for all users and how do I force mapped drives to appear whenever on the network?

ALl help gratefully received...

 

[bcastner]

Both tasks should be done by creating a logon script.

Environmental variables require a tool called setx.exe:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/setx-o.asp

NET USE is the command line tool you use in a batch file to ensure the mappings you want exist. For example:

net use d: \\server_name\share_name /Persistant:Yes

Though if on a user workstation the MAP feature is used and 'reconnect at login' checked in each instance, the mapping would persist.

 

[gazzanewpy]

Thanks for this. We have been using mapping and reconnect at login but it still gets lost. I did think of a login script in the startup menu but wondered if something would work without the need of a dedicated batch file.

Probably not or at least not as reliably.