Wow, very helpful. I reviewed all of the links from Alex and am learning. To be honest, I have never mapped a network drive on my own, so I'm now learning what that does too. See, you create this nice software program that all you computer guys love, and you attract the moths like me to fly close to the light bulb. or something like that.
Anyway, I think I can create the .bat file that Alex shows how to create in his other posts--sounds like you just create the file in word, save it as a .bat file in the startup folder, and restart. Am I correct that, in the scenario I have described, I would do this on the Mac, or client, computer, and not on the PC?
Also, before I do this, what is the difference between using the subst command and mapping the network drives? My review of the threads linked by Alex suggests they accomplish the same result. Does the subst command change things only temporarily, so that the command has to be given each time windows shuts down and starts up again (hence, I suppose, the reason to make the .bat file and run it in the startup folder).
Alex, I also found your posts on the "search and replace" strategy also very helpful. That seems the easiest way for a non-programmer like me to follow. But if writing my first .bat file will be better in the long run, I'll give it a shot. If I mess up, will the damage be fix-able?
Thanks for the help.