>>>>>>>When the following code gets run on Win2000 a new window pops up showing the newly mapped drive. How can we supress this window? We don't have this problem on NT or Win9X OSs. We would rather the users not be confused with this new window.
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>>>>>
>>>>>You can use the Win api to connect without this annoying window...
>>>>
>>>>Gerald,
>>>>
>>>>Yup, I know you can do this, and, in fact this function and others in the WNet family were a subject of an article I wrote that appeared in FoxPro Advisor in May, 1998.
>>>>
>>>>Now to see how to get rid of the annoying window that appears when you use the WSH or Explorer.
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>>>I really dont know, but, at least,
>>>using this can resolve the main problem of this thread :-)
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>>Yup, but I get the feeling that Jeff would like to resolve this problem using the WSH.
>
>George,
>
>We found an KG Q290703 that seems to indicate this is a known bug with Win2000.
>We have also found out that if you have not mapped to that drive thur explorer the problem does not exist.
>
Jeff,

Apparently, even having a version of Shell32.dll later than the version mention and adding the registry value mentioned in the KB article (are you listening Garrett Fitzgerald?) doesN'T work. I'm running Win2K Pro SP2 and the Shell32 version is 5.00.3515.2902. I manually added the registry key but still no joy.

I also found MSKB#Q287676. That states that if you hold down the shift key when mapping with the Explorer, you can stop this behavior. That doesn't work either, but ctrl+shift does.

While I really doubt it, I'm going to try using SendKeys to send a ctrl+shift combo right before I try to use the WSH to map.