How do I remove network drives

[Guest mystified]

I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of the

office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are a

painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking on

any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

delete. Suggestions?

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

The computer is likely configured as part of a Domain. The Shares are

probably established by a Group Policy. Even when the PC is not on

the Domain it uses cached credentials to function off-line. You might

be able to use Net Share _____ /Delete from a command prompt. It

might be a good idea to disjoin the domain and use a Workgroup but

I would backup any profile data you wish to keep long-term before a

Domain/Workgroup change is made.

 

"mystified" <mystified@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

> parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of

> the

> office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are

> a

> painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking

> on

> any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

> that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

> delete. Suggestions?

[Guest The Real Truth MVP]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

Right click my computer > disconnect network drive.

 

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"mystified" <mystified@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F4542DAF-DE82-4CE2-BE11-FF8D5A495D64@microsoft.com...

> I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

> parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of

> the

> office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are

> a

> painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking

> on

> any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

> that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

> delete. Suggestions?

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

The date and time was 8/12/2008 4:11 PM, and on a whim, mystified

pounded out on the keyboard:

> I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

> parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of the

> office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are a

> painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking on

> any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

> that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

> delete. Suggestions?

 

Right click should give you a "Disconnect" option. Or click on Tools,

Disconnect Network Drive.

 

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[Guest mystified]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

They won't disconnect because they aren't connected.

 

"The Real Truth MVP" wrote:

> Right click my computer > disconnect network drive.

>

> --

> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>

>

>

>

> "mystified" <mystified@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:F4542DAF-DE82-4CE2-BE11-FF8D5A495D64@microsoft.com...

> > I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

> > parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of

> > the

> > office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are

> > a

> > painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking

> > on

> > any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

> > that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

> > delete. Suggestions?

>

>

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

At a Command Prompt issue:

 

net use /persistent:no

net use * /delete /y

 

John

 

mystified wrote:

> I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

> parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of the

> office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are a

> painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking on

> any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

> that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

> delete. Suggestions?

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

The date and time was 8/12/2008 5:24 PM, and on a whim, mystified

pounded out on the keyboard:

> They won't disconnect because they aren't connected.

>

 

I disconnect drives all the time that "aren't connected". Look in

Tools, Map Network Drive and see if any are set to Reconnect at logon.

 

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[Guest LVTravel]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

They will show in the list of mapped drives the way RTMVP stated. Simply

clicking once on the drive then OK will delete it from the drive list if

they were mapped by Map Network Drive. They will not if included in a login

script for a domain (group policy.)

 

"mystified" <mystified@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> They won't disconnect because they aren't connected.

>

> "The Real Truth MVP" wrote:

>

>> Right click my computer > disconnect network drive.

>>

>> --

>> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's

>> been

>> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "mystified" <mystified@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:F4542DAF-DE82-4CE2-BE11-FF8D5A495D64@microsoft.com...

>> > I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a

>> > lovely

>> > parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of

>> > the

>> > office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons

>> > are

>> > a

>> > painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them?

>> > Clicking

>> > on

>> > any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a

>> > location

>> > that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

>> > delete. Suggestions?

>>

>>

[Guest Bob I]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

I hope the also gave you all the CD's for the Operating system and software!

 

mystified wrote:

> I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely

> parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of the

> office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are a

> painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking on

> any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location

> that is not available..." Right click options include everything except

> delete. Suggestions?

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

The date and time was 8/12/2008 8:44 PM, and on a whim, LVTravel pounded

out on the keyboard:

> They will show in the list of mapped drives the way RTMVP stated. Simply

> clicking once on the drive then OK will delete it from the drive list if

> they were mapped by Map Network Drive. They will not if included in a login

> script for a domain (group policy.)

>

 

 

The drives mapped via login scripts do show in Mapped Drives. I just

looked at a few workstations via RDP and all of them show the mappings.

 

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[Guest Leythos]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

In article <cjpok.16584$LG4.6404@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com

says...

> Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been

> obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

>

Stalking is a crime, stop stalking me PCBUTTS.

 

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[Guest LVTravel]

Re: How do I remove network drives

 

 

 

"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

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> The date and time was 8/12/2008 8:44 PM, and on a whim, LVTravel pounded

> out on the keyboard:

>

>> They will show in the list of mapped drives the way RTMVP stated. Simply

>> clicking once on the drive then OK will delete it from the drive list if

>> they were mapped by Map Network Drive. They will not if included in a

>> login script for a domain (group policy.)

>>

>

>

> The drives mapped via login scripts do show in Mapped Drives. I just

> looked at a few workstations via RDP and all of them show the mappings.

>

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> Terry R.

>

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But unless you delete the login script mappings they will reappear each and

every time in the Mapped Drives List.