AppleShare TCP mount at startup problem: Delete AppleShare Prep file

Last week, we covered a problem (described by Ben Pearcy) some users have with getting a TCP/IP connection when AppleShare's "Mount selected items automatically at startup" was selected. A couple of work-arounds were suggested. Further reader comments offered other suggestions, especially one involving deleting the AppleShare Prep file:

Ed Kao writes that "Ben's problem is due to the AppleShare Prep file in the Preferences folder. Since AppleShare remembers your server connection settings, it remembers the old setting. That is why Ben is connecting via AppleTalk. To connect via TCP, the client computer must have the new TCP-enabled AppleShare Client installed. Then throw away the old AppleShare Prep file, reconnect to the server through the Chooser, and check the "Mount at startup" box. The next time the computer is restarted, the servers will be connected via TCP.

Gary Etie similarly confirms that simply deleting the AppleShare Prep file and reselecting the volumes you want to mount at startup should solve the problem.

Jerald Bernard claims that if you turn off the TCP/IP control panel option to "Load only when needed" option, the problem disappears.