HELP! Mapped drives and Services don't play well together

I have an application that runs as a service. I need to have it access a
mapped drive letter, becuase the application won't allow entry of UNC paths.
I have changed the service to run under an account that has the drives mapped
with reconnect at login, but still not getting the app to connect to the
mapped drive.

Drawbacks:
I must run the application as a service, so it is available if the server
re-boots
I cannot specify UNC paths within the application

If you have successfully have the application running as a service. You have
tested that UNC will not work. You have created a working mapped drive and
the program still does not accept the location, I would contact the support
of that program. I don't think there is much more you can do. Possibly
limitations of the application?

Good luck,
--
Louis Vitiello Jr.
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MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts



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>I have an application that runs as a service. I need to have it access a
> mapped drive letter, becuase the application won't allow entry of UNC
> paths.
> I have changed the service to run under an account that has the drives
> mapped
> with reconnect at login, but still not getting the app to connect to the
> mapped drive.
>
> Drawbacks:
> I must run the application as a service, so it is available if the server
> re-boots
> I cannot specify UNC paths within the application

I have contacted them, and they tell me:

"All you have to do is have the service run as a user profile that has the
share mapped"

Which was true under Win2000, at least according to my research. But under
Win2003 Microsoft changed security to tighten it down, and that solution just
doesn't work.

I'm think I'm going to write my own service program, and map the drive in
there, and then use the shell command within my service to run their program.
Seems like my only choice.
"Louis Vitiello Jr." wrote:

> If you have successfully have the application running as a service. You have
> tested that UNC will not work. You have created a working mapped drive and
> the program still does not accept the location, I would contact the support
> of that program. I don't think there is much more you can do. Possibly
> limitations of the application?
>
> Good luck,
> --
> Louis Vitiello Jr.
> ------------------------------
> MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
> ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts
>
>
>
> "(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote in message news:A32933DD-7CF1-4218-863E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have an application that runs as a service. I need to have it access a
> > mapped drive letter, becuase the application won't allow entry of UNC
> > paths.
> > I have changed the service to run under an account that has the drives
> > mapped
> > with reconnect at login, but still not getting the app to connect to the
> > mapped drive.
> >
> > Drawbacks:
> > I must run the application as a service, so it is available if the server
> > re-boots
> > I cannot specify UNC paths within the application
>
>
>

Or get back to them and say "Hey that works in 2000 but not in 2003, what's
up?"

*shrug* Good luck!
--
Louis Vitiello Jr.
------------------------------
MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts



"(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message news:E2020D3B-562E-41FF-A732-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have contacted them, and they tell me:
>
> "All you have to do is have the service run as a user profile that has the
> share mapped"
>
> Which was true under Win2000, at least according to my research. But
> under
> Win2003 Microsoft changed security to tighten it down, and that solution
> just
> doesn't work.
>
> I'm think I'm going to write my own service program, and map the drive in
> there, and then use the shell command within my service to run their
> program.
> Seems like my only choice.
> "Louis Vitiello Jr." wrote:
>
>> If you have successfully have the application running as a service. You
>> have
>> tested that UNC will not work. You have created a working mapped drive
>> and
>> the program still does not accept the location, I would contact the
>> support
>> of that program. I don't think there is much more you can do. Possibly
>> limitations of the application?
>>
>> Good luck,
>> --
>> Louis Vitiello Jr.
>> ------------------------------
>> MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
>> ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts
>>
>>
>>
>> "(E-Mail Removed)"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote in message
>> news:A32933DD-7CF1-4218-863E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have an application that runs as a service. I need to have it access
>> >a
>> > mapped drive letter, becuase the application won't allow entry of UNC
>> > paths.
>> > I have changed the service to run under an account that has the drives
>> > mapped
>> > with reconnect at login, but still not getting the app to connect to
>> > the
>> > mapped drive.
>> >
>> > Drawbacks:
>> > I must run the application as a service, so it is available if the
>> > server
>> > re-boots
>> > I cannot specify UNC paths within the application
>>
>>
>>