>TIA - I think!!
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>Ok. I have a Master machine on Peer to Peer. I want the master to send regular 'backups' to slave machines, just in case. I need the master to check for the mapping of "S" "T" and "U" drive, always just these three.
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You can either use WSH's Wscript.Network object to do this, or implement several Win32API calls - WNetAddConnection(), WNetGetConnection() and WNetDisconnect2() at a minimum for the Win32 calls. THe WSH is easier.

>If the map is there but the connection is not open, I would like to open the connection so I can do my (in my own words) 'ghosting'.
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>Is this possible using only VFP, i.e. I don't want to have to use VB or C something, or anything that does not already exist. I have checked the FAQ.
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>Cheers
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>Ric