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BAT file does not map drives when users login

Asked by: etraxler

I changed the batch file to add more drives and also placed the batch file name in the logon script section for every user, but when users login to their PC they still have the old drives mapped.

Here is the example of the batch file:
net use g: \\server01\folder name
net use m: \\server01\folder name
net use r: \\server01\folder name

Please advise.
Thanks.

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2009-06-14 at 17:54:10ID24490981
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Answers

 

by: leewPosted on 2009-06-14 at 17:57:11ID: 24625826

net use * /delete

That command should disconnect all pre-existing connections

Then to prevent remembered connections from causing problems in the future, add /p:n at the end of each net use line (Persistent:no)


net use * /delete
net use g: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
net use m: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
net use r: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-14 at 18:03:30ID: 24625843

Thank you. Why do I have to put quotation marks "........."?

 

by: leewPosted on 2009-06-14 at 18:10:12ID: 24625865

Because you put spaces in the paths - when your paths include spaces, you need to include quotes.

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-14 at 18:41:24ID: 24625948

Do you mean spaces in the folder name?
Thanks.

 

by: leewPosted on 2009-06-14 at 18:53:04ID: 24625982

That's part of the path.

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-15 at 04:10:34ID: 24627715

The users are prompted now to delete connection to the mapped drives. When they choose "yes" then they do not have any mapped drives. When they choose "No", the old drives are mapped.
Please advise.

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-15 at 04:17:25ID: 24627743

I would like to make this process seamless to the users.
Thanks.

 

by: henjoh09Posted on 2009-06-15 at 13:13:08ID: 24632583

Does the UNC-path you're trying to map exist and available for the users? Do they get any error when running the script?

To skip the prompt when deleting old connections, change the "net use * /delete"-line to
net use * /delete /y

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-15 at 15:26:29ID: 24633569

Yes. The UNC path exists. All I did was I changed the server name because I migrated folders to another File Server. I did not want to delete old connections because I already made the script with the right connections. So some users typed Yes during the prompt and the old mapped drives were disconnected, which is not what I wanted to do. I wanted users to connect to the old and new mapped drives that I specified in the batch file.

This script did not work they way I wanted it.
net use * /delete
net use g: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
net use m: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
net use r: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n

I also do not want users to get this prompt every time they log in. But that what happened when I used this script.
Please advise me on another way to seamlessly map new drives and disconnect the old ones as I migrate folders one by one.
Thanks.
 

 

by: henjoh09Posted on 2009-06-15 at 16:33:41ID: 24633917

Add /y to the line with /delete to get rid of the prompt.

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-18 at 16:49:08ID: 24662796

For some reason, it does not map the new drives in Citrix. I have to manually remap them. Any idea?
Thanks.

 

by: etraxlerPosted on 2009-06-18 at 17:10:44ID: 24662879

net use * /delete /y  did not do the trick. The old mapped drives were not replaced by the ones in the batch file.
Please advise.

 

by: demazterPosted on 2009-06-24 at 22:25:43ID: 24708381

To disconnect a drive add net use drive: /d /y where drive: is the drive letter of the drive you want to disconnect and then net use drive: \\servername\sharename where drive: is the letter of the drive you want to connect to

 

by: leewPosted on 2009-06-24 at 22:49:59ID: 24708512

If that still doesn't work, you must debug.  run the script after you are logged in from a command prompt (double clicking it won't tell you anything as it will scroll by and disappear before you can read anything).    Map a drive to the server's NETLOGON share, then run the script from a command line and post a screen shot - some kind of error should be given and we can continue from there.

 

by: demazterPosted on 2009-06-24 at 22:54:13ID: 24708541

If you put the command pause on a seperate line at the end of the script it will stay on the screen so we can see what is happening

 

by: jblsrPosted on 2009-06-25 at 08:58:38ID: 24712778

You didn't mention CITRIX before.  Describe in a little more detail, your network set up.

Your batch file should be fine in a regular Windows based network.  Just make sure the machines are hitting the batch file on login.  GPO can be crazy if you are working in one policy and another policy is also trying to control the situation from a different angle.  I had that issue when an errant policy was running from way out in la la land.  A real pain to track down sometimes.

1.  Test your batch from a command prompt and make sure it works locally.
2.  Make sure no other policy is running a login script for the machines.
3.  Consider making this a machine policy instead of a user policy.

Just some basic suggestions.  You should see the problem pop up on you in one of those steps.  The only outside influence is not knowing what CITRIX is doing.

 

by: RQuadlingPosted on 2009-06-25 at 14:50:44ID: 24716378

Change the script to the snippet below.

The idea is that if the script is run without a parameter, then it will reload itself and log the output.

You will need to set an appropriate filename for the log file.

@ECHO OFF
IF "%1"=="" (
 ECHO %DATE% %TIME%>> "\\server\some_public_folder\%USERNAME%_MAP.LOG"
 CALL "%~0" AUTO>> "\\server\some_public_folder\%USERNAME%_MAP.LOG"
 ECHO %DATE% %TIME%>> "\\server\some_public_folder\%USERNAME%_MAP.LOG"
 ECHO.>> "\\server\some_public_folder\%USERNAME%_MAP.LOG"
 GOTO :EOF
)
net use * /delete /y
net use g: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
net use m: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
net use r: "\\server01\folder name" /p:n
                                              
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