System Error 55 mapping client C: drive

[WANguy2k]

I'm trying to map the client's C: drive during the login script. My Citrix server's drives start at M:. Here's what's in the login script:

net use C: \\client\c$

The error I get is "system error 55. The specified network resource or drive is unavailable.

I have "map client drives" turned off in connection settings because this causes long delays in sessions, and I only want to map the client's C: drive. If I turn "map client drives" on, I get a C: drive mapping, but the user's session slows down to a crawl. (I think it's because the session keeps checking for the floppy drive which isn't present, and other drives like the CD which may take time to respond.)

I would really like to get the "net use" command to work. Any ideas?

 

[xs4citrix]

Normal logonscript, or via the usrlogon.cmd?

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[WANguy2k]

Normal logon script. Should I be using usrlogon.cmd?

In researching this I also saw you can add a special cmd file to the normal logon process for Terminal Servers by adjusting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. I'm going to try this also.

 

[xs4citrix]

I think the normal logon script is run, before the ica session setup has completed.
What happens if you open a desktop session, and then run the command. Does it run succesfully then?

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[WANguy2k]

If I disable client drive mapping then start a session, go to a command prompt and type "net use c: \\client\c$" I get the system error 55. If I enable client drive mapping and restart the session I get the C: drive mapped, and I can also manually map the client drives using the net use command.

The problem is that enabling client drive mapping seems to slow dial-in sessions down to a crawl. It may be because the client's laptop computers have no floppy drives and the session is constantly looking to refresh A: every time they start a program or access My Computer, I'm not sure. I've see others post here that enabling client drive mapping causes performance problems. That's why I figured mapping only C: would solve the problem.

Frustrating.

 

[Ogi]

Leave the settings alone but then alter the Citrix Connection Configuration, untick the inherit user config in client settings, then untick Connect client drives at logon and you can then map your drives.

You are disabling them, you don't want this, do the above and you will be able to do what you want to do!

Cheers,
Carl.