[AccessD] connecting to a network drive for the back end

Hi Susan

You can run a Shell command like:

  net use T: \\server\share password /user:username

/gustav


> I have a database which has the FE on each machine and the BE on a network
> drive that is different from most of the rest of the network.  My boss logs
> into the network drive with a different password than she uses for her
> regular network login.  In order for her to have access to this drive she
> needs to open it and when she gets the new login window put in her password.
> The problem is that when she opens the FE it cannot find the "T" drive
> because she hasn't gotten access to it yet.  She only goes to the T drive
> when necessary to retrieve data.  She does not want to have to take this
> extra step.  Sometimes she may have opened the T drive, but most of the time
> probably not.  My problem is: How do I call the T drive login window for her
> so she can put in the password whenever she opens the FE on her computer?

> The application is set up such that whenever a user opens the FE on their
> machine, the application grabs the network login ID.  I think I could pull
> that password but it is different that the T drive password.