F:/ refers to a location that is unavailable

In message , Nil
writes:
On 03 Feb 2016, Paul wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

All my network mounts are temporary, so
I never see your error. I don't even know how
to make a mapped drive :-)

At its simplest, at the command line type:

NET USE [device letter, e.g. F:] [\\computername\sharename]

To release the mapped drive, something like:

NET USE F: /DELETE

Type NET HELP USE at the command line to see all options.

Or, in Windows Explorer, look under Tools ... (-:

(There's even the option to add an icon - as well as Disconnect - to the
toolbar; I think we had this as default at work when we had XP, where it
was actually useful, but I removed those icons as distracting from my
home system since I don't have any network drives.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

# 10^-12 boos = 1 picoboo # 2*10^3 mockingbirds = 2 kilo mockingbird
# 10^21 piccolos = 1 gigolo # 10^12 microphones = 1 megaphone
# 10**9 questions = 1 gigawhat

In message , Andy
writes:
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 7:25:58 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
wrote:
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I have an F: and thumb drives start at L:

You have a USB card reader...

Paul

Not familiar with what that is.

Andy

An external card reader - often have slots for SD cards and several
other card shapes, and often appear as several (often four) drive
letters in a row; if you click on them and there's no card in them,
something like "please insert a disc into drive ..." pops up, rather as
it did with floppies and does with CDs/DVDs when there's no disc in. (I
think you _can_ make them only appear when there's a card in, but it's
easier to do that in 7.) Such readers (even internal ones) usually
connect via USB.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

# 10^-12 boos = 1 picoboo # 2*10^3 mockingbirds = 2 kilo mockingbird
# 10^21 piccolos = 1 gigolo # 10^12 microphones = 1 megaphone
# 10**9 questions = 1 gigawhat