Cannot Find HOME Directory Share on IBM LAN Server

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

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SYMPTOMS

When you use Windows for Workgroups with IBM LAN Server 1.3, you cannot connect to your HOME directory share on the LAN Server.

CAUSE

This is not a problem with Windows for Workgroups but a limitation due to the design of IBM LAN Server. The HOME directory share on IBM LAN Server does not exist until you actually attempt to write to it, at that point, the IBM LAN Server creates the directory share on a server. When Windows for Workgroups attempts to connect to the HOME directory share, it does not exist.

WORKAROUND

Have a different user on the network connect to the HOME directory before you log on to Windows for Workgroups by executing the NET USE command. This may cause the HOME directory share to be created.

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