In the Drive box, click the drive letter that you want to use for the network drive. Right-click My Computer, and then click Map Network Drive. To map a drive to a resource that is online again, follow these steps: If the drive is available, map the network drive again later.
You can look for the availability of the drive at any time in Windows Explorer. To avoid this behavior, you should disconnect that mapped drive. If any mapped drive is in a state that is documented in the "Cause" section, it takes some time for the condition to be detected and resolved by the Office program.
See the "More Information" section for more information about how to map a network drive.
By clearing this check box, the mapped drive will not be connected the next time that you log on to the computer. When you connect a mapped drive, click to clear the Reconnect at logon check box. Method 1: Do not use persistent connections To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods. If the resource is not available, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:Īlternatively, you can try to view the contents of the drive in the Windows Explorer. Where computer name is the name of the server that is sharing the resource, and share name is the name of the shared resource that you want to use. In the Open box, type the following, and then press ENTER\computer name\share name If you are not sure about a particular drive, follow these steps: