Alistair wrote: > > > You could map the windows drive in winecfg for easy access. > > Hmm thanks for those comments. Missed the point that what it refers to is using the Windows "C:" drive. > I have done the above, on a non "C:" drive and thats where the problem lies it works for current session then fails to be able to open the mapped drives on the ensuing sessions. > Is there any information that can help me with this issue please? > I'm not worried about data corruption as I use a very regular backup regime. If you mean that your mapping goes away, then it's a long know problem. You should put CD/DVD disc(s) into all drives you have before running winecfg. It doesn't see drives reserved for cdroms and tries to re-map them.