Network not responding not generating an error message
I am using Windows XP Pro with a Windows Small Business Server. I double-click a short-cut on the desktop, that fires off an exe file that sits on the server. Most of the time, it starts the exe with no complaints. Sometimes, it will not start the exe, it will do nothing, and it does not give any error message. It's as if I am not even clicking on the short-cut. If I wait a few minutes, or reboot the PC, it then "comes back to life" and everything starts to work. Because it generates no error message, I do not know where to turn.
Chances are the UNC path or mapped drive the short-cut connects to is a stale or unestablished connection. You also could be having network issues. Check to make sure offline files isn't enabled also. That could cause issues for you if looks to your shortcut like it is actually running the executable file on the server but is actually running it locally via offline files, or simply can't find it.
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why does it not give me an error message?
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Thanks dastaub.
Cheers !
--Rob
Cheers !
--Rob