Re: Cannot Unmap (Disconnect) Network Drive

I did all the things you suggested, and none immediately resolved the
problem. However, once I rebooted, the errant drive was gone. Thus, one or
more of your tips plus the reboot did the trick.. Thanks and God bless for
helping.

"Tom Porterfield" wrote:

> Chaplain Doug wrote:
> > Windows XP. I have a mapped network drive that I cannot unmap. I originally
> > mapped the drive to point to a shared folder on one of my servers. For some
> > reason, it now points to another server. When I try to disconnect the drive
> > I get the message:
> >
> > The network connection could not be found.
> >
> > However, when I double-click the drive it comes up in explorer, and I am in
> > a folder on a server that is different than the one originally mapped. The
> > drive name is displayed as "Disconnected Network Drive (H:)". How may I
> > disconnect this drive so that I can remap it correctly? Thanks for the help.
>
> From a command prompt try the following:
>
> net use h: /d
>
> If that doesn't work, try browsing my network places and if you see it
> there, delete it.
> --
> Tom Porterfield
> MS-MVP Windows
> http://support.telop.org
>
> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>
.

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