[AccessD] OT: Mapped drive on VPN

Guys, I have a VPN setup to allow me to Remote Access into a client's
system.. Works great, highly recommended.

I also have a mapped drive on the client's system.  using that, whenever I
have the VPN connection going I can drag and drop from my hard disk to the
client's hard disk.  Also works well except... if I don't have the VPN up,
it wreaks havoc with many different things.  Basically any time that Windows
goes out to "scan" for available media, I have to endure a timeout.  This
means when any File Find dialog opens and I click the combo at the top to
display the hard disks... 10 (or more) seconds while it figures out it can't
see that drive.  IEs "autocomplete" in the address bar doesn't work any more
etc.

My question is, is there any way, using scripting or otherwise, to set up
something like a batch file to create the mapped drive.  This would allow me
to unmap the drive whenever I am not connected, the connect and remap the
drive whenever I want to connect to that client using the VPN.

I like the mapped drive and drag and drop from here to there soooo much I am
very hesitant to disable it, but it is a major PITA to endure the problems
whenever the VPN is not active.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com