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- DOCUMENT:Q104658 28-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :UNC Names in Icon Properties May Cause File Not Found Errors
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- If you create an icon which uses a Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
- path name for a program in combination with a data file, error
- messages indicating the data file could not be found may appear when
- you choose it.
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. On computer 1, use Write to save a file called TEST.WRI. Place this
- file in a shared directory, such as \TEST. Also copy WRITE.EXE into
- the TEST directory.
-
- 2. On computer 2, create an icon with the following Properties:
-
- Description: Test
- Command Line: \\MACHINE1\TEST\WRITE.EXE TEST.WRI
-
- When you try to use this icon to open Write and the TEST.WRI file, you
- will receive a "File not found" error message even though the file is
- in the TEST directory.
-
- This error message does not occur if a standard network redirection
- (created with File Manager) is used, such as X:\WRITE.EXE TEST.WRI.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- Once the network connection is made with the UNC name and the
- application is loaded, the network connection is broken. Because the
- network connection no longer exists, the data file cannot be found.
- This behavior is by design.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- To prevent error messages using UNC names in icons, also specify a
- UNC name for the location of the data file to be loaded, such as:
-
- Command Line: \\MACHINE1\TEST\WRITE.EXE \\MACHINE1\TEST\TEST.WRI
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: winnt
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