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Re: virtual drive again

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 06:34
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"David Scheffel" <david.scheffel@schlund.de> wrote in message
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> The virtual drive should display files stored on a server. These files
> must not being downloaded until they have to. So the user should
> feel like there're really stored on his machine, even if he's using a
> slow modem connection.

That is exactly what a Shell Namespace Extension can already do.  Just
without the drive letter specifically.  However, that does not mean that the
"virtual folder" cannot still appear on the top levels of the Namespace with
the rest of the top-level items, such as "My Computer", "Network
Neighborhood", etc., because it can.


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