If you want to easily manager Microsoft Drive Letter Allocation as opposed to using URL'stake a look at this freeware:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html#download I use it on my laptop which is always connecting multi SD Cards, network drives , USB hard drives etc... Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Cushing Sent: 08 April 2013 10:33 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VFP9 Mapped Drive Problem Ted Roche wrote: > I have had more luck over the years with mapped drive letters. A > number of our FoxPro projects use a drive letter and path stored in a > preferences table for each workstation. Our most wide-spread VFP app > tried to standardize on Drive F a long time ago, before the > proliferation of local drives, and it was problematic. Sticking that > setting in the table was the trick. > > > We use drive F for our main APP and usually the only problems we have are when people plug in devices like SD card readers, which may take the F drive. You then have to go into administrative tools/computer management/disk management (as admin) and change the drive letter of the card reader to something higher. We therefore tell users not to move a card reader from one machine to another. We have a batch file to run this as admin when the user does not have admin rights. The batch file contains: runas /noprofile /env /user:mydomain\%1 "mmc c:\windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc" Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------- Rajan Imports has changed - we are now Whispering Smith Ltd. For more information see our website at www.whisperingsmith.com Please update your address book with my new email address: [email protected] . This communication is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. The contents are confidential and may be protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. www.whisperingsmith.com Whispering Smith Ltd Head Office:61 Great Ducie Street, Manchester M3 1RR. Tel:0161 831 3700 Fax:0161 831 3715 London Office:17-19 Foley Street, London W1W 6DW Tel:0207 299 7960 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
