Hi,

Shared host drives are listed as "system folder" under the "Computer"
folder. They are not mapped drives. Thus older applications that open
files listing "drive" and "directory" cannot access to such shared host
drives.



Windows XP Mode is developed to run older applications. Why does
Microsoft switch to such "concept" instead of "mapped drive" used in the
earlier versions of virtual PC? Is there any fix? Or, have I not
understood this correctly?


Thank you.

Best regards,
YR

"YR" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Shared host drives are listed as "system folder" under the "Computer"
> folder. They are not mapped drives. Thus older applications that open
> files listing "drive" and "directory" cannot access to such shared host
> drives.
>
> Windows XP Mode is developed to run older applications. Why does
> Microsoft switch to such "concept" instead of "mapped drive" used in the
> earlier versions of virtual PC? Is there any fix? Or, have I not
> understood this correctly?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
> YR
>
> .

You can still map drives in XP Mode. Switch the networking type to use the
host's NIC instead of Shared Networking and map the drive as you normally
would.
--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jain [mailto:essjae@newsgroup]
Posted At: Wednesday, 21 April, 2010 2:09 PM
Posted To: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Conversation: Shared Host Drives of Integration Features
Subject: RE: Shared Host Drives of Integration Features

"YR" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Shared host drives are listed as "system folder" under the "Computer"
> folder. They are not mapped drives. Thus older applications that open
> files listing "drive" and "directory" cannot access to such shared host
> drives.
>
> Windows XP Mode is developed to run older applications. Why does
> Microsoft switch to such "concept" instead of "mapped drive" used in the
> earlier versions of virtual PC? Is there any fix? Or, have I not
> understood this correctly?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
> YR
>
> .

> You can still map drives in XP Mode. Switch the networking type to use
> the
> host's NIC instead of Shared Networking and map the drive as you
> normally
> would.
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/

Thank you very much.

Did you mean the "usual" way of mapping a networked share? I believe that,
in Virtual PC 2007, sharing host drives is enabled by the Integration
Features and such sharing is "portable". Mapping a networked share would
depend on the network configuration and may not be "portable" (always
available on, for example, a notebook).

I apologize if I did not understand correctly.

Thank you.

Best regards,
YR

"YR" <yrkao444@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Jain [mailto:essjae@newsgroup]
> Posted At: Wednesday, 21 April, 2010 2:09 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.virtualpc
> Conversation: Shared Host Drives of Integration Features
> Subject: RE: Shared Host Drives of Integration Features
>
> "YR" wrote:
>

>> Hi,
>>
>> Shared host drives are listed as "system folder" under the "Computer"
>> folder. They are not mapped drives. Thus older applications that open
>> files listing "drive" and "directory" cannot access to such shared host
>> drives.
>>
>> Windows XP Mode is developed to run older applications. Why does
>> Microsoft switch to such "concept" instead of "mapped drive" used in the
>> earlier versions of virtual PC? Is there any fix? Or, have I not
>> understood this correctly?
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> YR
>>
>> .

>

>> You can still map drives in XP Mode. Switch the networking type to use
>> the
>> host's NIC instead of Shared Networking and map the drive as you
>> normally
>> would.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>> http://vpc.essjae.com/

>
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Did you mean the "usual" way of mapping a networked share? I believe that,
> in Virtual PC 2007, sharing host drives is enabled by the Integration
> Features and such sharing is "portable". Mapping a networked share would
> depend on the network configuration and may not be "portable" (always
> available on, for example, a notebook).
>
> I apologize if I did not understand correctly.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
> YR
>

If you base your networking between host and guest on the physical NIC,
then it will fail if the physical NIC is not connected to a switch. You can
get around that by inserting a loopback plug into the NIC instead of a patch
cable. Or you can install a Microsoft Loopback Adapter in the host and use
that as the basis for your host/guest networking.

The subst command can map a drive letter to these "system folders" - exactly
like in a terminal server session.
Btw, in VMWare you just tick a single checkbox, and it will assign a drive
letter to shared folders automagically.
--pa



"YR" <yrkao444@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:5069C6C9253B4ACDAF6A42232C200DA8@newsgroup

> Hi,
>
> Shared host drives are listed as "system folder" under the "Computer"
> folder. They are not mapped drives. Thus older applications that open
> files listing "drive" and "directory" cannot access to such shared host
> drives.
>
> Windows XP Mode is developed to run older applications. Why does
> Microsoft switch to such "concept" instead of "mapped drive" used in the
> earlier versions of virtual PC? Is there any fix? Or, have I not
> understood this correctly?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best regards,
> YR
>