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Can't open form in IDE when project opened from mapped drive

MC
Hi all,

I've read the various posts concerning file access on mapped drives--I
think problem is different:

The problem: Open a VB Winforms project from a mapped drive and all
files open fine except form files. Their code opens fine but trying
to open them in the form designer I get (for instance)

"The item 'MainForm.vb' does not exist in the project directory. It
may have been moved, renamed, or deleted."

However, if I open the same project without using the mapped drive to
access it, everything opens fine. I've already set the Intranet
security level for .NET to Full and I've done

caspol -security off

Until recently, I was successfully using Windows 2000, SP4, VS.NET
2003, Framework 1.1, and I was able to open projects located on a
mapped drive. I open projects very frequently and they are located on
a local drive, but *deep* in the directory tree, so I like to map them
to a drive letter. Recently, I went to a new machine, using XP Pro
SP2, VS.NET 2003, Framework 1.1, and I think opening projects on
mapped drives was working fine until I teaked something (I've been
trying to figure out what for a time now). I did a VS.NET repair, to
no avail.

I'd like to avoid reinstalling VS.NET, so I'm hoping to first get some
suggestions here.

Thanks!
Craig
Jul 21 '05 #1
1 2104
MC
Well, I think I've licked my problem, for those who are interested...

Remember subst? Good ol' subst! Seems to work just fine with XP and
SP2 (so far, anyway).

Craig
Jul 21 '05 #2

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