delete mapped drive not want to die!

hey gurus

this is a hairy one.

i have a mapped drive that shows up in XP as
Disconnected mapped drive. and when i click on it it is mapped to a
folder ona another server. but when i try to disconnect it, it says
mapped drive not found. i have rights to it (full)
wtf mates!
i have try the net use (drive letter): /delete but says not found and the HELP comes up in the command environment.

i have looked in the persistent location in HKLU and no avail!
some one say delete my profile but that is cheesy and and i dont want to loose my setting; where is it loadingthe old mapped drive??
help

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jescab

Make sure it is not replicating from another server.

sprkymrk

Try net use * /delete.

itdaddy

tried net use drive letter/delete
and how do i knowi it is replication froma nother computer?
how do i check or delete??
thanks

sprkymrk

I mean use the wildcard * to delete all mapped drives, not just the one drive letter, since you get a drive not found error.

net use * /delete

Danman32

I take it net use (no parameters ) shows the drive mapping?

I commend you for looking in the registry for the persistent mapping. This is indeed interesting.

Does another user with a brand new profile also show this mapping? If so, then it may be a computer mapping rather than user.
Any GPOs involved?

Cessation

Hey all.
Here is an experience which may lead to the answer.

I had the same problem at work one time.
The situation was that I had 2 drives mapped to different areas of a server.

Once I got rid of another one I was able to get rid of all. So i would just check to see if you have others map and delete and remap all.

Gl
Cess

garv221

http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=3779

Could be group policy. Also get on the server and dissconnect your session and reboot.

sprkymrk

Cessation wrote:

Hey all.
Here is an experience which may lead to the answer.

I had the same problem at work one time.
The situation was that I had 2 drives mapped to different areas of a server.

Once I got rid of another one I was able to get rid of all. So i would just check to see if you have others map and delete and remap all.

Gl
Cess

Yup, now that you mention it, I remember that happening once too.

garv221

I know this happens when you have a drive mapped as admin and the password changes or your user rights change.

itdaddy

i think it policy; we have been having slow logons lately
due to DNS server reconfig(reconfk%P) and i have done a result policy
on my PC and noticed security faiure. but finally i saw the drive name came(label)returned and no long does it say Disconnected Drive
i then disconnected it and walla gone
thanks guys
butu i think you are right bad policy and finally restored and was able to delete it.
tanx for all your help