>>>First off, I should know this answer, but...
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>>>Our application was designed to connect to drive across the network through mapped drives. But, if the local machine is rebooted the drive appears in the drive listing but is not available until it is accessed by the user via Explorer. Is there a way to programmability touch the mapped drive to allow access?
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>>Greg,
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>>Please check Re: Mapping Drives Thread #1097495
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>The drive already mapped. Fox just can not see it until it is physically touch by the user. I am looking for a way to replicate the action of the user.

Something like this, then, may be?

http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/launching-windows-explorer-specified-drive-folder-or-file