RAMDrive Icon Replaced with Network Drive Icon in Windows

Last reviewed: August 29, 1996
Article ID: Q89103

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 2.03, 2.1, 2.11, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

If at the MS-DOS command prompt, you set up a RAM drive and connect to a network share using the same drive letter, and then start Windows, the MS- DOS Executive (Windows versions 3.0a and earlier) or File Manager (Windows 3.1) do not see the RAM drive, but do see the network drive.

This is by design.

For example, if your last hard disk drive is drive E, your RAM drive will be set up as drive F. If you then try to put a network connection on drive F, your Drive F icon in Windows will be your network drive, not your RAM drive.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbui kbprb
KBSubcategory: win30 win31
Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 WIN286 WIN386 ramdrive

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Last reviewed: August 29, 1996
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