Microsoft KB Archive/330836

= Shortcuts to Mapped Drives on Windows 95 or Windows 98 May Not Work in Windows XP =

Article ID: 330836

Article Last Modified on 5/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q330836



SYMPTOMS
When you try to use in Windows XP a shortcut to an item that is located on a mapped drive on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, you may receive the following error message:

Problem with Shortcut

The item  that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.

Do you want to delete this shortcut?

You also receive an option to delete the shortcut. The same shortcut works correctly in Microsoft Windows 2000.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389 How to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows XP service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version        Size    File name ---  29-Oct-2002  22:08  5.1.2600.1135  15,872  Linkinfo.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create shortcuts to items on computers that are running Windows 95 or Windows 98 by using the network drive directly (instead of mapping the drive).



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbwinxpsp2fix kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwinxppresp2fix KB330836

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