Microsoft KB Archive/181088

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Windows 95 DFS Client Switches Drive Mappings to DFS Shares

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Q181088

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, version 2.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you map drive letters to multiple Distributed File System (DFS) network shares from a Windows 95 DFS client, and then change to different drives and folders within those shares from a command prompt, the drive letter mappings may be switched.

For example, if drive X is mapped to Share1, and drive Y is mapped to Share2, the drive letters may be switched so that drive X is mapped to Share2, and drive Y is mapped to Share1.

CAUSE
This problem may occur if either of the following conditions exist:


 * There are multiple DFS shares on different servers.
 * There are multiple DFS root volumes that contain mappings to same-named DFS leaf objects on different servers.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade the Windows 95 DFS client from the following Microsoft Web site:

"http://microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/winfeatures/NTSDistrFile/default.asp"

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Releases 2 (OSR2).

MORE INFORMATION
If drive letters are mapped to DFS shares on two different servers and you change to a folder on the first drive letter and then change drives to the second drive letter, the second drive letter may be mapped to the share that the first drive letter was mapped to.

If drive letters are mapped to DFS root shares on two different servers, and each share contains a DFS volume mapping that points to same-named DFS leaf shares on two other servers, the DFS volume object on one DFS root share may display the contents of the DFS leaf share mapped to the other DFS volume object when you change to a different folder.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbnetwork osr2 win95

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400xsearch kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400xsearch kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95