SMS: Shared Applications Fail Using Specific Drive Letter

Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q153647

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

If a shared application is set to “Require specific drive letter” and that drive letter or other drive letters toward the end of the alphabet are not available or already in use, then the application fails to start and a network error occurs.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms drive letter shared applications
Keywords : kbbug1.10 kbfix1.20 kbnetwork smsgeneral
Version : 1.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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