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I am running Windows 8.1 on two computers and Win 7 on another and am having the following problem:
A giant red "X" appears in the icon for all mapped network drives initially after bootup. They were originally mapped with Windows Explorer on my local network (workgroup). If you click on them with Windows Explorer, they instantly connect and work properly until the next reboot. The drives are mapped properly, they just won't connect until you click on them This causes a problem for a couple of programs that report a missing resource in one of the mapped drives, until you manually click on the drive in Explorer. This is kind of a pain. "Net use" shows the drives exist, just not connected (unavailable).
I tried the "EnableLinkedConnections" registry addition, which works just occasionaly on Win 7. Doesn't seem to make a difference on Win 8.1.

Any suggestions.
 
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Actually, Microshaft is run by Oompa Loompa's who hate us and try to include as many miniscule frustrations as possible to eventually micro fracture our sanity so we'll all go off the deep end. Don't expect them to change their strategy anytime soon. Especially since so far, I think it's working as they planned. Heh.
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This issue is known and unresolvable in many cases. Even the ( net config server /autodisconnect:-1 ) solution does not work in many cases but you might want to at least try it. MS is aware of this issue, and has been since Vista, but is apparently of the belief that it doesn't rank in terms of importance for addressing the issue. Anybody with more recent information regarding resolution of this very common issue please feel free to interject. The thread at the following link explores this issue:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/416803/mapped-drive-wont-stay-connceted/



 
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I was afraid of that. I've been dealing with this for years. I figured it was some kind of privilege escalation problem. Oh, well, maybe Windows 9...
 
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Actually, Microshaft is run by Oompa Loompa's who hate us and try to include as many miniscule frustrations as possible to eventually micro fracture our sanity so we'll all go off the deep end. Don't expect them to change their strategy anytime soon. Especially since so far, I think it's working as they planned. Heh.
 
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