Hi,
Could anyone please tell me how netuse(in windows) and mapnetworkdrive(using a script object) are different?
I wrote a script calling a batch file to map a shared folder to a drive letter and then perform some operation using that drive letter.
fso = CreateObject "Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.Copyfile(c:\xyz, "y:\xyz",true)

this somehow didn't work.
Then i tried mapping the drive inside the program:
nwobj = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
nwobj.MapNetworkDrive ("y:", "\xyz", False, Username, Password)

and then did the operation and it worked.
Could someone explain what the difference and the problem is here?

Thx

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no reply there. plus its related to networks also!

net use z: /delete
net use z: \\computername\shared

This is all u need to create a batch file, where z is the Map Drive name and \\computername\shared is the path to the folder.

The first command is just to delete any existing drive with that name.

lol..i know that..
but can u think of a reason why that drive letter can't be used inside a program like this..
fso = CreateObject "Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.Copyfile(c:\xyz, "z:\xyz",true)
(where z: is the mapped drive letter)
cos that's what doesn't work

but if i do mapping inside the program using wscript.network it works!