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I have a .bat file which is 

net use z: \\....

to map network drive, and tested it with no problem under win xp

Then I try to put that as "startup script" under GPO (which is managed by 2k8 AD) -> Computer -> Policies -> Windows. After restarting computer, the script should be executed (I checked gpresult and the script is there), but the drive is not mounted. Any one have idea on what's happening ?

Ben Pilbrow
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You should be using User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts > Logon

You are mapping the the drive using the 'computer user account' rather than the users own account.

Edit: You could also use the new Group Policy Preferences in 2K8 to map a drive ( make sure you have the Group Policy Client Side Extensions installed on the machines you want apply the policy to)

JS.
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  • Also, bear in mind that if you go the logon script route and are logged-on as an "Administrator" the "drive" still won't be available once Explorer starts. See: http://serverfault.com/questions/63738/networkmapping-script-vbs-vista-doesnt-work-xp-does/63756#63756 – Evan Anderson Sep 25 '09 at 12:43
  • Good point, thx. My script is not working before coz my XP client havent installed the KB943729. – xandy Sep 28 '09 at 07:52
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I tried logon script, local GP few other methods but got strange results, the mapped drive would appear as disconnected when I log on. I tested with a batch file to write or read from the supposed mapped drive without logging on and none succeed. I cannot get rid of the disconnected mapped drive either!

I used MKLINK and this works perfectly without any issue and non profile dependent. this would create a soft link to your remote share via UNC and appears as a folder on your local drive everytime. I use this to share a remote UNC share for 2 servers sharing a config file for an application. I hope this works for you.

mklink /D (comment: /D is for symbolic link, /H is a hardlink if your UNC is local drive) link-target

for example:

mklink /D c:\SHARED_folder \\fileserver1\FOLDER_TOBE_SHARED
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Thai Quach
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  • the task scheduler is also supposed to work in this scenario to map a drive at startup but i ran into permission problem even if the mapdrive batch file is ran under an admin account – Thai Quach Jun 20 '13 at 07:29
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If it's running as a startup script the computer account will need permissions to the network share, which I'm guessing it doesn't have. You need to set it as a logon script instead unless the former is your desired behaviour.

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This site has a decent list of working logon scripts and bruteforce logon scripts that could help you out, there is also further detail on how to implement them through gpo. Logon Scripts Site

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Go to this site For mapping Network Drives using VB Script. : http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/Logon_HomeDir.htm

This helps if you have to use User Authentication aswell. And it seems you have a user Permission issue, so this should help you out.

I had the same problem a while back and got hold of that site(Will not let that site go either).