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   sean to foxidrive   
   Re: mapping drives over 26   
   10 Oct 16 06:55:28   
   
   From: sean@sean.eternal-september.org   
      
   On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:26:51 +1100, foxidrive wrote:   
      
   > On 10/10/2016 15:12, sean wrote:   
   >> On 10/09/2016 01:08 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Instead of using * you can define a particular drive letter in the net   
   >>> use command and which makes it straight forward to remove it as the   
   >>> last (net use) command.   
   >>   
   >> I changed the mapping part this this:   
   >> NET USE S: \\%%A\c$ /user:%USER_NAME% %PASSWORD% > nul   
   >>   
   >> But I have this error when I attempt to get data for the next machine:   
   >> System error 85 has occurred.   
   >>   
   >> The local device name is already in use.   
   >>   
   >> Any clues?   
   >   
   >   
   > This means that S: drive already exists.  You may have mapped it   
   > already.   
   >   
   > "The local device name is already in use."   
      
      
   Yes, drive S: is in use for client 192.168.0.100 but then I unmount and   
   mount 192.168.0.200 also with S but this is when I get the error.   
      
   Maybe I'll attempt having more than one list and see if it will go down   
   and through the lists sequentially.   
      
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