>>GETDIR() doesn't return remoted mapped drives that are mapped, but not connected, as illustrated by their icon having a red X thru it in Explorer. This happens when the computer is started before the computer with the mapping is started before the computer with the drive.
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>>I'd like to show the drive in GETDIR(), by forcing the connection (if possible). If the drive really isn't available, then of course, it shouldn't show.
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>>TIA.
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>Um, a SWAG. Look at WNetRestoreConnectionW() in the networking SDK. Don't know if VFP's DRIVETYPE() function returns a zero or not here if the drive is attached but not available. The function is only available on Win2K/XP and is used in restoring persistent connections defined by the user, so I'm not sure that this is going to do the job for you.

Double-Swag WNetAddConnectionW to create a new connection...
I seem to remember WNetAddConnection or something like that.