Saved network connections are connections which are always automatically connected when Windows starts. If the connection cannot be made, the drive is still treated as connected, as if it were in the error state. The File Manager will reconnect the drive if the user selects it. When the user connects to a drive or printer, that connection is remembered as a permanent connection. When the user disconnects a device through the disconnect dialog box, it is removed from the list of permanently connected devices.
Although error state and permanent devices can be reconnected from the File Manager, the drives may not (generally will not) be valid for other Windows applications. If Windows was unable to restore a permanent connection when starting, the user will be warned.
Network drivers which implement these functions will return a specification version of 3.10 (0x030A) from when the WNNC_SPEC_VERSION value is specified with the WNetGetCaps function.