]> 2026-05-26T20:44:27+02:00 Ensuring Mapped Drives Connect Every Time on Startup 0 en Published Once a drive is mapped manually the first Time, it appears to me on all Saws that the Saw PC will never reconnect automatically without having to double click the Drive first. Also happens on Batch Folders. Medium 5 minute(s) Never found out why but seems Windows tries to manage the Mapped Drives before The Network Service is up and running false en Ensuring_Mapped_Drives_Connect_Every_Time_on_Startup_drive.JPG none # Go to C:\\Users\Stuga - From here we need to go to 'View' and tick 'hidden items' to show folder 'App Data' # Navigate to C:\\Users\Stuga\App Data\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Start up Test by restarting the machine, wait for the screen shown in the images to appear. Once the countdown expires the mapped drive should be connected. <nowiki>Make a "connect.bat" text file  and give it a 20 second delay before trying to map the drive again.<br /><br /><br /><br />Right Click on the file then choose 'Edit' <div class="mw-highlight mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre>TIMEOUT /T 20<br />REM NET USE x: "\\192.168.16.2\BATCHES" /user:stuga Stuga001<br />rem net use x: \\ddrive\batches /:yes<br />exit</pre></div><br /><br /><br />I have shown 2 example lines , one using IP address and the other PC name. <br /><br /><div class="icon-instructions pin-icon"><br /><div class="icon-instructions-icon"><i class="fa fa-thumb-tack"></i></div><br /><div class="icon-instructions-text">...Remove the "REM" command at the beginning for the line that you want to use</div><br /></div></nowiki> Make a connect.bat file in startup Navigate to Start up folder Test 2020-03-02T10:05:27Z 2458910.9204514 Ensuring Mapped Drives Connect Every Time on Startup 0 false false 0 0 0 1 plainlist 3 [[:Dokit:DocOptions]] [[DokitEPIEnable::yes]] Ensuring Mapped Drives Connect Every Time on Startup# QUERYee7a61aae48f1c3f91d8e4d7736360be