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#1 2006-05-16 2:50 pm

ivanjs
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Mounting a PC Network Drive On Startup?

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Sorry, just noticed this posted twice. My browser crashed while it was sending the other one, and I didn't see that it had posted already.[/EDIT]

Using OS 10 10.3.9.

Every day, I have to mount a PC network drive (smb://). Sure it's only a couple of clicks from the GO menu, but is there a way to automatically mount a PC network drive upon startup each time?

Of course, I could leave the machine on all night, but I'd rather shut down each evening.

I tried adding it to startup items for my account but that didn't work.

I tried making an alias on the desktop, which does show up when I restart, but OS says it's broken and suggests I either fix it or delete it.

Thanks.

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#2 2006-05-20 7:28 pm

positivelyMichael
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Registered: 2006-05-20
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Re: Mounting a PC Network Drive On Startup?

I've never done this with a PC drive, but I believe this will work. I had a similar problem on my Mac network. I have one PC in the network that I have yet to set up network filesharing - so who knows if this will work or not- but my research may be useful to you.

Visit www.hornware.com for sharepoints and sharepoint automounter software for Mac filesharing.

Then there's http://www.lavasoftware.com/fileshare.html for PC filesharing.

Both sets of software are free, so go for it.

Good luck
M

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