We use UNC paths. This is a better idea, because I beleive (correct me if I 
am wring) a mapped drive is not automatically mounted at startup. So if 
your machines reboots, you wil not have access to the mapped drive until 
you log in.

UNC paths are alllow with CF and work fine.

Can we see your code?

Brook

At 02:42 PM 7/28/02 +0200, you wrote:
>David Fafard wrote:
> >
> > Having a problem getting FileExists to work
> > on an Win NT 2K Server.
> >
> > My Files needed to check are on a mapped
> > drive but it seems CFMX can not see them.
> > ( I would use UNC path but I believe that is not allowed )
>
>It doesn't help since it is a permmissions issue.
>
>
> > I'm thinking it's a permissions thing with CFMX service
> > running as LOCAL.
>
>Correct.
>
>
> > Is there any way to test for a files existance without
> > changing the service to something other than LOCAL?
>
>You could use cfimpersonate if you are not on MX yet. Else, change the
>service.
>
>Jochem
>
>
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