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Q11577 - SUPPORT: Windows Vista mapped drives not showing up during installations

In Windows Vista during the install of a networked version of Job Cal Plus, the mapped network drive will not show up when selecting the shared user directory.

It would seem that when you go into the elevated security mode during installation, all your shares are lost! The reason being that you are now "Administrator" and the shares are user specific. 

So here's how you solve it:

  1. Disconnect the previously mapped network drive from Windows Explorer.
  2. Right click on Command Prompt in the Start Menu and select Run As Administrator.
  3. Type "Net Use y: \\servername\sharename"

  4. Exit out of the command prompt
  5. Open Windows Explorer
  6. Click 'Map network drive' menu item
  7. Select the y: drive and type \\servername\sharename into the Folder box

Not very intuitive, but it works! EASIER WAY: If you already have a mapped network drive, just do steps 2-4 and it should work...essentially you map it once for the user, once for the administrator.

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