Re: Win95 (or BDE) removes my network drives!

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From: billy chan
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 00:00

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Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:00:21 +0200 in comp.lang.pascal.delphi.databases, 
Arne Bayer <"arne"@informatik(nospam).unibw-muenchen.de> <Arne Bayer 
<"arne"@informatik(nospam).unibw-muenchen.de>>
> Hardware: 1 Server, Win 95
>           4 Clients, Win 95
> Software: Delphi 1.0 App with BDE 2.51
>           Paradox database
> 
> I have a severe problem, where during a windows session
> either Win 95 or BDE removes all network drives, i.e.
> they are no more visible in the windows explorer.
> 
> Unfortunately one network drive (S:) is connected to the server,
> where the database resides., so when my db-app tries to (re-)connect
> to the mapped drive, I get an error telling the drive is not ready.

I am not sure if BDE really removes a network drive. But it seems to 
make more sense by playing safe, by using the full path of your 
network drive, eg, \\computer4\DBdir\ as the Alias. That is what I do.

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Subject: Re: Win95 (or BDE) removes my network drives!
Date: 1999/04/02
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