Reconnect mapped drive script

NET USE H: \\server\share /persistent:yes

Alan White
So if I place a .bat file to run at start up with the persistent:yes option it will continually check to see if the drive is connected?  

Here is a vbscript that will do it.  You can add as many drives as you'd like.

Set oNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set oFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not oFS.FolderExists("S:\") Then oNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "S:", "\\server\share"

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The drive should only disconnect, not unmap on wakeup....

If you double click the drive, it should reconnect with no problem.... Is this not the case?

Or do you have an app reliant on a "drive letter mapping"?

tbarkdull
yeah I did place a shortcut for them to click on but they wanted something that didn't involve the user.

josika
How does that vbscript work?  and where would I put it?

Modify it for the proper drive letter, server name and shared path then save it as a .vbs file and just double click it.

Any way I can get something that will run when the laptop comes out of standby, instead of having the user click a file?

johnb6767
Yes there is an app the relies on the mapped drives.  

Any chance the app can be modified to a UNC path, perhaps via the registry, or .INI/Settings file?

Triggering an event from a wake event, is not easy.....Cant just use a standard Startup Entry, like you would for a logon.....

johnb6767
What do you mean by a unc path via registry?  

Read this website.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308582

goraek
thanks for the site but my problem is not how to connect it's keeping the connection with a wireless card after it goes to standby then comes back up without having any user interaction to reconnect.  

"Yes there is an app the relies on the mapped drives."

Is this app running all the time or does the user initiate it?  I was wondering if you could make a batch file that would reconnect the drive and then launch the app and put a shortcut to this batch file instead of the normal one?

Alan white
the user initiates the app usually when they log into xp then just leaves it running all day.  But when the computer is inactive and goes to standby and comes back up the drives don't reconnect and the programs freezes.  

And this app cannot be configured with a UNC path instead of a drive letter?

alan white
I'm not sure.  I'd have to check their software, but if it does what are you suggesting?  

It's just a possibility, but the app might be more forgiving if it is looking for a UNC path rather than a specific drive letter.  If the OS doesn't currect have, for example, an H: drive mapped, an application looking for H:\myfile.ini will never work.  Whereas an app looking for \\myserver\share\myfile.ini has a fighting chance of getting there.

A lot depends on how the app is written.

@tbarkdull:  Fair Point!

tbarkdull
lol well that ended this post.  but it is a laptop so i didn't want it to stay on constantly due to the heat factor of laptops.    

Did you map the drives manually or through the group policy?
Is the PC in a workgroup or on the domain?

goraek
I mapped them manually and the laptop is in a workgroup

I really wanted a no user ended solution but the two answers combined will have to do.  thanks