network folder missing
Hi, I have just installed Win 7 on a PC in a corporate LAN. When I log in to the newly installed Win 7 PC my personal folder on the server is not automatically mapped to My Computer. This folder should be automatically mapped by a logon script. The folder is visible in My Computer when I log in to a Win XP PC on the same LAN, however when I log in to a Win 7 PC it's not visible. Any ideas? Frank
January 12th, 2011 12:11pm

Please refer the following article: Deploying Group Policy Using Windows Vista It says: UAC may prevent Group Policy logon scripts from appearing to work properly. For example, a domain environment contains a GPO that includes a logon script to map network drives. A nonadministrative user logs on to the domain from a Windows Vista computer. After Windows Vista loads the desktop, the nonadministrative user starts Windows Explorer. The user sees their mapped drives. Under the same environment, an administrative user logs on to the domain from a Windows Vista computer. After Windows Vista loads the desktop, the administrative user starts Windows Explorer. The user does not see their mapped drives. When the administrative user logs on, Windows processes the logon scripts using the elevated token. The script actually works and maps the drive. However, Windows blocks the view of the mapped network drives because the desktop uses the limited token while the drives were mapped using the elevated token. To get around this issue, administrative users should map network drives under the limited user token. This mapping is accomplished by using the launchapp.wsf script shown in Appendix A, which works by scheduling the commands using the task scheduler. The task scheduler launches the script under the administrative full token, thereby allowing Windows Explorer, other limited token processes, and the elevated token process to view the mapped network drives. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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January 13th, 2011 10:38pm

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I apologise there was a mistake in my original post. There are actually two network drives, one is connected by a VBS script that runs after login and another (the user's personal folder) is connected as part of the profile for the User ID in Active Directory. The VBS script drive works whereas the other one doesn't. I tried logging in as a non-administrator and it didn't make any difference, only one drive (the VBS script) appears in My Computer. Frank
January 17th, 2011 11:12am

figured out what the problem is. the new PC, that I installed win 7 on, has a drive for reading SD cards etc. this drive is using the letter H, the letter that is assigned to a user's personal folder, I created a test user in AD and changed their home drive letter to T and it worked.
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January 20th, 2011 7:26am

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