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<blockquote data-quote="infy" data-source="post: 196334" data-attributes="member: 18159">Why use Mapped network drives over a UNC path&nbsp; ( \\&lt;servername&gt;\&lt;sharename&gt;\&lt;directory&gt; )?It decreases access time.Especially if you set your Fileserver never to disconnect the client. ( net config server /autodisconnect:-1 more info: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684</a> )However Windows is crap even if you set your networkdrives to reconnect after reboot they will very likely not work in mediaportal after a reboot.A solution for this is to use the following code and put it in a .bat (batch) file and place the batch file in your startup folder (start/all programs/startup).You can add as many networkdrives as you want.[code] @echo offnet use Z: /d 2&gt;NUL 1&gt;NulC:\wait.exe 6net use Z: &quot;\\Fileserver\Mp3 Collection&quot; /persistent:yes 1&gt;NUL end[/code]The 2&gt;NUL &amp; 1&gt;NUL incombination with @echo off completely hide the commands being executed and the output they create.wait.exe can be easily found on the net (use google). It's to slow down the mounting of the drives by a few seconds. So that windows has enough time to load the network stuff. I hope this is helpful to some.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="infy, post: 196334, member: 18159"] Why use Mapped network drives over a UNC path ( \\<servername>\<sharename>\<directory> )? It decreases access time. Especially if you set your Fileserver never to disconnect the client. ( net config server /autodisconnect:-1 more info: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684[/url] ) However Windows is crap even if you set your networkdrives to reconnect after reboot they will very likely not work in mediaportal after a reboot. A solution for this is to use the following code and put it in a .bat (batch) file and place the batch file in your startup folder (start/all programs/startup). You can add as many networkdrives as you want. [code] @echo off net use Z: /d 2>NUL 1>Nul C:\wait.exe 6 net use Z: "\\Fileserver\Mp3 Collection" /persistent:yes 1>NUL end[/code] The 2>NUL & 1>NUL incombination with @echo off completely hide the commands being executed and the output they create. wait.exe can be easily found on the net (use google). It's to slow down the mounting of the drives by a few seconds. So that windows has enough time to load the network stuff. I hope this is helpful to some. [/QUOTE]

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