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cardel
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Windows 8 cannot see network drives

We are using InstallShiled 2011 Proffesional on WinXP and Win7 without any problems.

But problems comes with Windows 8.

I use browse for direcotry component in installation package. In WinXP/Win7 I can see mapped network drives but in Windows 8 I cannot see any network drives.

Function Is ( FILE_EXISTS , "existing_file_on_network_drive" ) returns that file doesn't exists

In dialog "AskPath" I cannot see mapped network drives under "My computer"

Do you have some experiences with Win8 and Installshield?
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jobaba
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It happens when you use programs that run in "run as administrator" mode.
maybe microsoft missed somthing that will fixed later by windows update, maybe a bug ? i realy dont know.

but

you can fixed this yourself for now by forcing windows to make the network drives available to standart and administrator acounts:
1 - run regedit
2. - locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/System
3 - create a new DWORD entry with the name EnableLinkedConnections and value 1.
4 - restart your computer
5 - now you can see and use network drives with these installers or applications.
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