Mapped network drive missing from My Computer and Explorer

Posted by matt wilkie on Super User See other posts from Super User or by matt wilkie
Published on 2010-05-30T19:59:48Z Indexed on 2011/11/20 18:04 UTC
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On a Windows XP Pro SP3 machine one network drive refuses to show up in My Computer or Explorer. The missing drive letter is G:, if that matters. Other mappings work fine. Other profiles one the same machine have no problem seeing G:. I can access the G: just fine typing it into the address bar or in CMD shell.

I've used TweakUI to toggle hide/show G: with no difference. TweakUI says G: should be visible. I've logged off,on between toggles to make sure the settings are taking effect. I've looked at reg key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] and made sure it's zero'd.ref

We've limped along with this broken setup for some time, just working around it, but some applications do not allow typing in a path when choosing a place to save files and it's reached the point where it's intolerable.

So, anyone have any idea why XP won't show this drive letter? or how to fix it?

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