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Great idea. In fact, before I read your post I wrote a couple of batch files, one for home and one for work. The work one maps the needed network drive, and then launches the program that requires it. The home one does the same, but for a different program. Works a treat! So now I don’t need to manually map the drives to run these apps, but I don’t have to put up with a ‘can’t find network dialog box’ each time I startup. Thanks.

Andrew

At work it is a simple workgroup, not a domain. But I was completely wrong with my post above. W2K always looks for the mapped drive on startup, regardless of where I am. I assume from your answer that this is because the peer-to-peer network is not regarded as a ‘network’ resource? However, I am sure that there is some way to get W2K to try to map the network drive, and if it fails to find it, to just continue to boot without telling me it can’t find the network drive and demanding I click ‘OK’. I don’t want to have to manually remap the network drive to a drive letter each time I get to work, but I also get sick of having to dismiss this dialog box during startup when I am not at the office. Anyway, thanks for your help

Andrew

Thanks Joe. In fact, it was even easier than that. When I boot the notebook at home, and it can’t find the network drive, it gives me the option of ‘reconnect at next logon’ or ‘ignore error message and keep booting’ (not exactly those words, naturally). Doh! Checking the ‘ignore’ box fixes the problem. However, I have another one now… From my notebook I mapped a drive on the desktop computer that it is networked with (W98SE, crossover cable, no hub). When I get to work, the notebook can’t find the network drive, but the dialog box that tells me this does not contain the second option of ‘ignore and continue’. What gives? At work I am connecting to a hub, and mostly W2K machines, but at home it is a simple crossover cable to a W98SE machine. Not a big deal, but I am interested nonetheless…

Thanks, that’s what I will do. However, if I then add someone else to my contact list later (which happens all the time), do I need to manually add them to the Distribution List? I would think so… It’s a pity there isn’t a rule that says “If email comes from *anyone* in my contact list, then do blah blah blah”

Perhaps the file is being saved correctly, but not given the correct extension. He could manually change the extension to .mid or resave it from the net and enter the filename plus extension in the Save As box. This of course assumes that he has a MIDI player installed… I wonder what extension appears when MEDIA CLIP is selected?

Potentially simple solution – install one or two extra media players and see if they play it (ie Real, Quicktime, Media Player etc). Manually open the file in each one. Don’t forget Windows Sound Recorder. Also, try downloading it with a different browser.

Just adding to the dilemma. I used Msconfig and removed all items from startup, then systematically replaced them, one by one. Seems to me as though systray.exe is to blame. I have started the computer without it, and it shuts down fine. So, is it corrupt? Can I replace it with a ‘clean’ version? Do I need to bother?

Windows seems to be coping without it…