Delay mounting network drive at boot?

Whoops... I'm haven't used this forum much so thought you were replying to me - thanks anyway, very helpful :)

Dear pravyroxr,

Sorry for not noticing your kindly helping with a VBS script.  TBH I'm not familiar with running those outside of Word or Excel though I imagine I could quickly work it out using Visual Community 2017.  As you'll see I managed to resolve the problem by enhancing my Windows Batch file with a very nice technique for getting the output of a particular line of ping.exe into Batch variables.

Thanks and big love & respect,

Psy <3

Faith : Hope : Unity

United World Awakening WWW.UWA.Org

"replace "SomePC" and "SomeShare" with actual names"

It would be nice if you shared some examples of what you meant by "SomePC" and "SomeShare", such as the name of the one computer and the name of the other computer sharing with it.  

By your explanation, my confidence level is high that most users need those examples, for without them, they can no longer proceed with your instructions.  Too many people take for granted most things when writing instructions.  I'm sorry if that sounds rude, because it's not meant to be, but that doesn't change the fact.

"net use E:"  Is the command typed as shown or is the E: replaced with one's own particular required drive, and if so, WHAT drive and WHY?

Also, what kind of file extension does this copy have?  Is it a batch file or what?

Where is this file placed?  Root directory or where?

I'm sorry, and I do appreciate you're attempts at trying to help, but this is exactly the way MS techs and most others write.  With BOLD assumptions on the part of the readers.

The way to write is as if speaking to a person who has never before seen or heard of a computer.

I say that tongue in cheek only to emphasize and don't literally mean it because I understand the length of the replies would be book thick.  But by feel and gauging of the questions presented, one can get a 'awareness' at the very least, on how much or little to respond with. 

I consider myself fairly knowledgeable with tech, but even this has me stumped. 

I have a wireless unit networked in my home office that keeps dropping shared files AS WELL AS noticing connections and drives appearing and suddenly disappearing, which may or may not have to do with the shared folders dropping out, and have been feverishly seeking an answer because it has me close to baying at the moon, so to get ambiguous and incomplete instructions pushes me closer to baying.

Again, I am not thrashing you and to those who will mock me with my fairly knowledgeable statement, I did not say expert or high level.  I just mean more so than the 'average' computer user.  I am generalizing here because no-one can prove 'average' in this case, but either way, cut me some slack here.  I'm aggravated with this thing and have been with MS since the mid '80's for similar fashions and have been 'preaching' (for lack of a better word at the moment) this for decades now, and STILL nothing has EVER changed.  Not even remotely.

And to those who would tell me to 'settle down', get off my pulpit or quit the 'tirade', then so be it.  I can handle that.  But at least I'm getting my frustrations out and THAT alone is therapeutic for me.

fox