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- DOCUMENT:Q105250 14-OCT-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Cannot use UNC Pathname for Working Directory in Windows NT
- 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
- ========
-
- In Windows NT, you cannot specify a UNC (universal naming convention)
- pathname for a working directory of an icon. If you set a UNC pathname
- as a working directory, you will not receive an error message
- indicating that the working directory is invalid, but the directory
- specified will not be the working directory.
-
- WORKAROUND
- ==========
-
- To work around this limitation, use the File Manager to make a full
- connection to the desired share and specify that drive as the working
- directory.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. In File Manager, share a directory either on the local computer
- or a remote computer.
-
- 2. In Program Manager, create an icon with the following properties:
-
- Command Line: WRITE.EXE
- Working Directory: \\computername\sharename
-
- 3. Start Write using the new icon and choose Open from the File menu.
-
- In the Directories list of the Open dialog box, you will not see the
- path to the working directory specified in the Program Item Properties
- using the UNC pathname, even though you did not receive any no error
- messages.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: netsrv winnt
-
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