Error Connecting to Shared Folder

[mcp6453]

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Several Windows 2000 and one XP machine on a peer-to-peer network. The
main Win2K box has a shared folder, called "Installs." Everyone has
access to the folder. On the XP box, when I go through

Start | Run | Browse | My Network Places | Installs

I get the following error message:

"The drive or network connection that the shortcut 'target.lnk' refers
to is unavailable. Make sure that the disk is properly installed or the
network resource is available, and then try again." When I press OK, the
error message goes away, and the computers connect, as expected. How can
I get rid of this error message?

[Parish]

mcp6453 wrote:

> (This post may show in another newsgroup, but it was posted about two
> hours ago and has not shown up yet.)
>
>
> Several Windows 2000 and one XP machine on a peer-to-peer network. The
> main Win2K box has a shared folder, called "Installs." Everyone has
> access to the folder. On the XP box, when I go through
>
> Start | Run | Browse | My Network Places | Installs
>
> I get the following error message:
>
> "The drive or network connection that the shortcut 'target.lnk' refers
> to is unavailable. Make sure that the disk is properly installed or the
> network resource is available, and then try again." When I press OK, the
> error message goes away, and the computers connect, as expected. How can
> I get rid of this error message?

I get this as well; bloody annoying isn't it? I'll be interested in the
cause/solution too.