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    I've installed the PP1 RC. 

    Previously, we were warned NOT to use WHS shares as mapped drives on local computers - I believe there was concern that this could lead to the file corruption issue.

    I now would like to use a WHS share with a program on my local computer that won't recognize the network shares - it is looking for a local drive letter.  Am I OK in mapping a drive and using the WHS share with that program?

    Thanks in advance.
    Thursday, July 3, 2008 6:35 PM

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    Yes - it should work as long as the application supports having its files stored on a file server. 

     

    For example, as stated multiple times, there are some applications that do not support having their files stored on a file server, two well documented examples are Outlook PST files and Quicken files. 

     

     

     

     

     

    Thursday, July 3, 2008 6:42 PM