Hide the UNC-Path
Werner Walser
see in the safe-dialogue in applications only the mapped drive letter
not the UNC-Path.
Does anybody know how to manage this?
Thanking you in advance
Harry Wengner
>On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:01:12 +0100, Werner Walser <Werner...@oe.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
Nachdem das eine .de Group ist antworte ich einfach mal auf deutsch -
das versteht man in Tübingen auch, oder? ;-)
>We have a novell network (4.11) and use NT-workstations. Now we want to
>see in the safe-dialogue in applications only the mapped drive letter
>not the UNC-Path.
>Does anybody know how to manage this?
verwendest, auch wissen wir nix über die Versionen und Servicepacks
die Du verwendest aber ich antworte mal so ins Blaue:
Ein Blick in die Microsoft-Knowledgebase (den das Problem liegt bei
M$) liefert:
Ich hoffe das hilft.
ciao
Harry
---schnipp
Microsoft Word 97 SR-1 allows you to use drive letter mappings and
disable Universal Naming Convention (UNC) by using
the DontUseUNC registry switch.
There are many situations in which a network administrator may
prefer to have Word use a mapped drive letter rather than
the UNC file location. For example, Word returns a UNC file
location similar to the following:
\\ServerName\ShareName\FileName
However, when you use the DontUseUNC registry switch, Word returns
a drive mapping similar to the following:
E:\ShareName\FileName
NOTE: The DontUseUNC switch does not work with earlier versions of
Word. It only works with Microsoft Word 97 Service
Release 1 or later. The switch also does not affect the Link field,
the path to an attached Template, or the Visual Basic
Editor, which is a separate program. In the Visual Basic Editor, if
a reference is made to a template on a mapped network
drive through the References command on the Tools menu, it stores
the path with the UNC information rather than with a
mapped drive letter.
MORE INFORMATION
By design, when you save a document or change a setting to a
location specified with a drive letter, Microsoft Word
converts the setting from a location containing a logical drive
letter to a UNC location. When you use the DontUseUNC
registry switch, the following new created/attached paths contain
the logical drive letter instead of using the UNC path:
The FileName field when the \p switch is used.
The IncludePicture field.
To add the DontUseUNC registry switch, use either of the following
methods.
Method 1: Change the Registry
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating
system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the
incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use
Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing
Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor
(Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry"
and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note
that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are
running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you should also
update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).
IMPORTANT: Quit all instances of Word, including WordMail, before
you follow these steps.
To change the DontUseUNC registry setting, follow these steps:
1.Click Start, and then click Run.
2.In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3.Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
4.Double-click the Options key.
If an entry exists in the right pane named DontUseUNC, skip to
step 7.
NOTE: Use steps 5 through 6 only when you are adding the
DontUseUNC option to the registry.
5.With the Options key selected, point to New on the Edit menu,
and then click DWORD Value. This inserts a new
option named New Value #1.
6.In the right pane of the Registry Editor window, do either of
the following:
If New Value #1 is selected:
a.Press DELETE on the keyboard to delete the option
name New Value #1.
b.Type DontUseUNC, and then press ENTER.
This renames the new option to the correct
DontUseUNC name.
-or-
If New Value #1 is not selected:
a.Click to select New Value #1.
b.On the Edit menu, click Rename.
c.Type DontUseUNC, and then press ENTER. This renames
the new option to the correct DontUseUNC name.
7.With DontUseUNC selected, click Modify on the Edit menu.
8.In the Value Data box, type 1.
This setting disables the use of UNC and forces Word to use a
logical drive letter.
NOTE: Setting Value Data to 0 or deleting the DontUseUNC key
resets Word to the default and allows it to resolve
file locations using UNC.
--- schnapp