Why network shortcuts don't show up in some save dialog?
I have a shortcut on my desktop that points to a shared folder on a different PC. E.g \\differentpc\sharedfolder. When I'm in notepad and I save a file, I can see this shortcut in the desktop in the save dialog. That's expected. However, in another application (control center for a brother multi function print scan fax machine)'s set destination dialog, I can see desktop but the shortcut folder is not visible. However, if I enter the UNC path directly into the destination path, it works fine. Meaning the next time I scanned a file, the save-as dialog comes up and defaults to the shared folder (and shows the files already in there). I'm running as a limited user. The shared folder at \\differentpc\sharedfolder allows me to read and write files. Although pasting the UNC path is an ok solution, I'd still like to know how to make the shortcut to the shared folder show up in all save dialogs. Any ideas?
May 24th, 2012 3:17pm

Hi, Have you tested the issue in Clean Boot environment? Does it just occur to this specific application? In addition, you may re-create these UNC path and use net use /persistent:yes command.Kim Zhou TechNet Community Support
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May 28th, 2012 6:22am

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