Disabling the network balloon

I use my laptop both at home and at work. I have mapped a network drive to a
shared folder on one of my home computers.

Now, logically, every time I use my laptop at work, I get a balloon message
saying not all network drives could be restored (or similar, I'm translating
from dutch). I know that, and I'm not expecting it to be. I just don't want
to do it by hand every time I log on to my home network.

Is it possible to disable that balloon? I've found this old (2004) article
for XP that allows disabling ALL notification balloons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307729, but most balloons actually contain
useful information. I only want to disable this specific balloon tooltip.

Any ideas?

Using: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit, without SP1 (haven't received it
through Windows Update yet, and I'm not downloading it manually).

hi EmptyMinded,
you can disable the ballons from poping up by modifiyng the group
policy.

Check the following link
'YouTube - Vista Tip: Remove Warning Balloons'
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3Sy-bOGfE)

but you cant be specific on the Network Map. there is a way however by
modifing the registry. but i cant happen to find it.

Hopes this helps

Cheers !!


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Do you map a network drive at home? If yes, how?

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"EmptyMinded" <EmptyMinded@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I use my laptop both at home and at work. I have mapped a network drive to
>a
> shared folder on one of my home computers.
>
> Now, logically, every time I use my laptop at work, I get a balloon
> message
> saying not all network drives could be restored (or similar, I'm
> translating
> from dutch). I know that, and I'm not expecting it to be. I just don't
> want
> to do it by hand every time I log on to my home network.
>
> Is it possible to disable that balloon? I've found this old (2004) article
> for XP that allows disabling ALL notification balloons:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307729, but most balloons actually contain
> useful information. I only want to disable this specific balloon tooltip.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Using: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit, without SP1 (haven't received it
> through Windows Update yet, and I'm not downloading it manually).

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Do you map a network drive at home? If yes, how?

Translating again from dutch, so it might not correspond entirely, but
here's how I mapped it:

- Open the computer ("start" -> computer)
- Tap the ALT-key
- Tools -> Create network connection (the top one)

Using that screen I mapped \\my_pc\shared_folder to the F: drive, and
checked the "reconnect when logging in"-box.

I want it to be persistent, because if I have to reassign it every time I
log on to my home network, I might as well just type \\my_pc\shared_folder
into the windows explorer address bar. I just want Windows to stop telling me
it's not available.

"john_cena" wrote:

> hi EmptyMinded,
> you can disable the ballons from poping up by modifiyng the group
> policy [snip] but you cant be specific on the Network Map. there is a
> way however by modifing the registry. but i cant happen to find it.

Thanks, I didn't know about the group policies, but that isn't specific
enough. I don't want to disable all balloons, just this particular one.

Thank you for the information. "reconnect when logging in"is the problem.
You may have some options. 1) use the last drive Z for home network mapping.
2) create a logon script for home network. This how to may help.
Logon script
Example of VBScript - Mapping a network drive based on the group
Example of batch file - make a network drive Where is logon script located
....
www.howtonetworking.com/logonscript.htm


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"EmptyMinded" <EmptyMinded@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Do you map a network drive at home? If yes, how?
>
> Translating again from dutch, so it might not correspond entirely, but
> here's how I mapped it:
>
> - Open the computer ("start" -> computer)
> - Tap the ALT-key
> - Tools -> Create network connection (the top one)
>
> Using that screen I mapped \\my_pc\shared_folder to the F: drive, and
> checked the "reconnect when logging in"-box.
>
> I want it to be persistent, because if I have to reassign it every time I
> log on to my home network, I might as well just type \\my_pc\shared_folder
> into the windows explorer address bar. I just want Windows to stop telling
> me
> it's not available.

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Thank you for the information. "reconnect when logging in"is the problem.
> You may have some options. 1) use the last drive Z for home network mapping.

Why would mapping it to the Z drive be any different than using the F drive?

> 2) create a logon script for home network. This how to may help.
> www.howtonetworking.com/logonscript.htm

Thanks for that. This appears to look at the workgroup. Would it be possible
to check against the SSID of a WLAN, or whether my home pc can be found?

If Exists("\\my_pc") Then
MapDrive("F:", "\\my_pc\shared_folder")
End If

Perhaps that step can even be skipped by simply doing:

If Not MapDrive("F:", "\\my_pc\shared_folder") Then
End If

I don't know whether the MapDrive function throws an error of some kind when
it fails, this should catch that, right? If I wanted to see an error message,
I'd keep the balloon

Would that work?

Robert,

Thanks for the tip on using VBScript. I've managed to do just what I want
using the following four-line script:

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
On Error Resume Next
If Not objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive("F:", "\\my_pc\shared_folder") Then
End If

I saved that as network.vbs, dropped a shortcut into the startup folder in
my start menu, and now when I log into Windows, it tries to map the shared
folder to my F: drive. If that fails, nothing happens. No disconnected drive,
no error notice, no balloon, nothing. If the shared folder was succesfully
mapped, I still don't get a warning or balloon, but the drive is right there
in My Computer.

In other words, exactly what I wanted.

Thanks again!

Thank you for the feedback.

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"EmptyMinded" <EmptyMinded@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Robert,
>
> Thanks for the tip on using VBScript. I've managed to do just what I want
> using the following four-line script:
>
> Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
> On Error Resume Next
> If Not objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive("F:", "\\my_pc\shared_folder") Then
> End If
>
> I saved that as network.vbs, dropped a shortcut into the startup folder in
> my start menu, and now when I log into Windows, it tries to map the shared
> folder to my F: drive. If that fails, nothing happens. No disconnected
> drive,
> no error notice, no balloon, nothing. If the shared folder was succesfully
> mapped, I still don't get a warning or balloon, but the drive is right
> there
> in My Computer.
>
> In other words, exactly what I wanted.
>
> Thanks again!