Vista - remove mapped drives permanently

03-27-2009

I had some network shares mapped but they are no longer available. I've disconnected them but each time that I reboot, I get errors
that it can't connect to these drives. I don't see where to permanently disconnect them. Using Vista Business with sp1.

03-27-2009

"Duane Hebert" <spoo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> I had some network shares mapped but they are no longer available. I've
> disconnected them but each time that I reboot, I get errors that it can't
> connect to these drives. I don't see where to permanently disconnect
> them. Using Vista Business with sp1.

Start an elevated command prompt (Right click and pick Run as
Administrator). Type in:

NET USE * /DELETE

This will delete all mapped drives. You will have to remap the drives you
want to keep. If they still persist on reboot then somewhere a logon script
is mapping the drives.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/

03-27-2009

> Start an elevated command prompt (Right click and pick Run as

Quote:

> Administrator). Type in:
>
> NET USE * /DELETE
>
> This will delete all mapped drives. You will have to remap the drives you
> want to keep. If they still persist on reboot then somewhere a logon script
> is mapping the drives.

That's strange. I have a batch file that maps some drives, runs an exe that
needs them and then deletes them. So it's like:

net use X:\\SomeUNCPath /user:someuser somepassword
....
some.exe
net use X: /DELETE
....

This didn't seem to work. But I ran the * delete from the command line
and it seems to have removed the maps.

Thanks.

03-27-2009	#1 (permalink)
Duane Hebert n/a posts	remove mapped drives permanently I had some network shares mapped but they are no longer available. I've disconnected them but each time that I reboot, I get errors that it can't connect to these drives. I don't see where to permanently disconnect them. Using Vista Business with sp1.
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03-27-2009	#2 (permalink)
Kerry Brown n/a posts	Re: remove mapped drives permanently "Duane Hebert" <spoo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OIlmaktrJHA.4592@xxxxxx Quote: > I had some network shares mapped but they are no longer available. I've > disconnected them but each time that I reboot, I get errors that it can't > connect to these drives. I don't see where to permanently disconnect > them. Using Vista Business with sp1. Start an elevated command prompt (Right click and pick Run as Administrator). Type in: NET USE * /DELETE This will delete all mapped drives. You will have to remap the drives you want to keep. If they still persist on reboot then somewhere a logon script is mapping the drives. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
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03-27-2009	#3 (permalink)
Duane Hebert n/a posts	Re: remove mapped drives permanently > Start an elevated command prompt (Right click and pick Run as Quote: > Administrator). Type in: > > NET USE * /DELETE > > This will delete all mapped drives. You will have to remap the drives you > want to keep. If they still persist on reboot then somewhere a logon script > is mapping the drives. That's strange. I have a batch file that maps some drives, runs an exe that needs them and then deletes them. So it's like: net use X:\\SomeUNCPath /user:someuser somepassword .... some.exe net use X: /DELETE .... This didn't seem to work. But I ran the * delete from the command line and it seems to have removed the maps. Thanks.
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