Symptoms
You may notice that the mapped drives seem to be incorrect during the Microsoft Dynamics SL client installation.
Cause
This is a known issue and has been documented in bug 25059.
Resolution
Use the following instructions to install the Microsoft Dynamics SL client through the command prompt. Note: Mapping drives have to be persistent and applied to both elevated privilege and standard access.
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From Windows 8 start menu type COMMAND.
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Right Mouse click "Command Prompt" and select "Run As Administrator".
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Map the drive share by using the following command. Note the letter after the word USE is the drive letter and there is a space after the colon.:
NET USE S: \\computername\sharename /PERSISTENT:YES -
Run setup from the workstation folder by using the following commands:
CD APPLICATION\WRKSTN
SETUP -
Follow the usual prompts for the installation. For more information, see the Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 Feature Pack 1 Installation Guide.
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Close the command prompt when you are finished.
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From the Windows 8 start menu type COMMAND.
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Open the command prompt again. This time without administrator privileges.
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Map the drive share by using the following command:
NET USE S: \\computername\sharename /PERSISTENT:YES
