[Samba] Slightly OT: Making Windows Aps Think Mapped Drives are
Local
AndyLiebman at aol.com
AndyLiebman at aol.com
Mon Jun 20 13:23:34 GMT 2005
Sorry if this is slightly off topic for the Samba list, but if anybody knows
the answer to this
question, it's probably a Samba person...
Does anybody know if there a way to make Windows XP think a "mapped network
drive" is a "local drive", or at least get Windows to report to all
applications that ask that a network drive is a local drive? There must be a whole
bunch of registry settings that keep track of these things.
I pose this question because I have a number of multimedia applications that
will only store and access media files (sound, video, etc.) if those files
are located on a "local drive". However, I am quite sure that ALL of these
applications will work fine if the media files are on a network drive.
I believe the above statement because newer versions of the same
applications do NOT block using network drives and they work perfectly. At the time the
older versions came out, the manufacturer sold its own networked storage and
intentionally blocked access to 3rd party storage.
Good hints or clues or suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Andy Liebman
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