OMW PAR file save does not see mapped drives on PC

Hello All,

We are starting our upgrade to 9.2. In OMW, when I go to save a par file the dialog does not show networked drives attached to the PC. I expect this must be a windows 10 thing since it works fine on 9.1 and windows 7. I am using the same user and the same security settings on both pcs.

Any pointers would be great.

Thanks,

Jer

Try using symbolic links pointing to the network location.

In a local folder, create a directory symbolic link. Go to the local folder where you want the link to reside, say "C:". Then issue the mklink command. For example, "mklink /d symFolder \\server\sharedFolder" (without the quotes). That will create a link, C:\symFolder. Then save your PAR file in symFolder.

Because symFolder is actually a link pointing to \\server\sharedFolder, Windows will try (yes try) to save the PAR file in \\server\sharedFolder. Windows will try... If you're not authorized to that folder, you'll get an error. Windows only parses the link at the time it is used. So if you're not authorized to the link target, Windows will still let you create the link.

jileto,

Excellent trick. That worked perfectly. Thank you.