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16-bit Application Cannot Select a Network Drive

Article ID: 174532

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q174532

SYMPTOMS

When you click Open on the File menu of a 16-bit application, the available drives listed may not include network drives that are mapped to a drive letter.

CAUSE

This problem is a timing issue caused by two threads trying to access the same function.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords: kbbug kbnetwork KB174532