I'm having a weird problem with my PC. I recently re-installed XP (SP2), and now, when I rename my mapped network drives to something short and cute, they rename themselves, after a while, back to their original long names, e.g. "such-and-such share on the so-and-so server". Sometimes the short name will last a couple of hours, sometimes only a minute.
I use these drives in toolbars, and the long name obliterates them, and no matter what I do, nothing seems to fix this. I've been running things this way for years, and it's never happened before, and I there doesn't seem to be any specific trigger, either. It's driving me nuts!
I've searched and searched online for an answer, and while I've found a couple of instances of the question, so far, no replies.
First, rename the network drive. Then navigate to... My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
Your network drive will have its own key something like "##server-name#share-name", right-click the key and get its permissions.
Basically, you want to have it read-only. So, click the "Advanced" button at the bottom of the dialog, and uncheck the "inherit from parent the permissions.." checkbox. In the dialog that follows, choose "Copy", and <ok> that.
Back in main permissions dialog, security (the only) tab, unckeck "full control" for all users (there may be a "RESERVED" user, which has read-only access anyway, leave it as it is.) and <ok> back to the registry editor.
Your mapped drives will now keep their cute names for ever, or at least until you reinstall Windows.
First, rename the network drive. Then navigate to... My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
Your network drive will have its own key something like "##server-name#share-name", right-click the key and get its permissions.
Basically, you want to have it read-only. So, click the "Advanced" button at the bottom of the dialog, and uncheck the "inherit from parent the permissions.." checkbox. In the dialog that follows, choose "Copy", and <ok> that.
Back in main permissions dialog, security (the only) tab, unckeck "full control" for all users (there may be a "RESERVED" user, which has read-only access anyway, leave it as it is.) and <ok> back to the registry editor.
Your mapped drives will now keep their cute names for ever, or at least until you reinstall Windows.
The cause is a complete mystery to me. As far as I can see, I haven't altered anything since last time I installed XP. The reg hack is nasty, but it certainly works a treat.
