>>Well, to me that's a mystery. What I'm suggesting is temporarily mapping a drive, probably for less than one second (depending on how fast the .Net DriveInfo class can retrieve the data).
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>It just cannot be done like that. There are various internal reasons for that.
I can't imagine any scenario where that policy would make any sense. But, I've already laid out my arguments, I have nothing further to add.
Regards. Al
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