Mapping a User Directory in W98

Hi,

We are are trying to map to a user directory that resides
on a Win2003 server. We are using this code in a .bat
file. We tried from both the server and machine itself.

net use \\del\users\%username%

Says "Error 50: you have attempted an error that can not
be performed by your computer or from the server you are
trying to access...."

The same script runs on a Win2000 machine fine. The
server is using Active Directory. We can browse to the
folder and map it manually.

We would like to have the script run from the Win 2003
server.

Windows 95/98 does not create environment variables such as %username%
automatically. You must create and define variables manually so that they
resolve correctly for each user.

See: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;193808

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Angela" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:098f01c3ce65$1152e590$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> We are are trying to map to a user directory that resides
> on a Win2003 server. We are using this code in a .bat
> file. We tried from both the server and machine itself.
>
> net use \\del\users\%username%
>
> Says "Error 50: you have attempted an error that can not
> be performed by your computer or from the server you are
> trying to access...."
>
> The same script runs on a Win2000 machine fine. The
> server is using Active Directory. We can browse to the
> folder and map it manually.
>
> We would like to have the script run from the Win 2003
> server.

thank you for that.

What I realized I did not mention was that even if we put
in the users name into the full path it gives the same
error. As well if we just type in "net use e:
\\server\users\username" in the run command, we get the
same message.

but our two other net use commands (mapping to shared
directories) have no problems. only to the users
directory.