Guest mystified Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 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 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 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 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 The Real Truth MVP Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Re: How do I remove network drives 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 Terry R. Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest mystified Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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) Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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. Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest LVTravel Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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 news:C3D2B653-90C2-4060-8866-94CE5869D557@microsoft.com... > 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 Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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. Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 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. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Leythos Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: How do I remove network drives In article <cjpok.16584$LG4.6404@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com>, toidi@tpap.com says... > Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been > obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me. > Stalking is a crime, stop stalking me PCBUTTS. -- - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist" spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
Guest LVTravel Posted August 13, 2008 Posted August 13, 2008 Re: How do I remove network drives "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message news:uFurmMV$IHA.1016@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > 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. > > -- > Terry R. > > ***Reply Note*** > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. But unless you delete the login script mappings they will reappear each and every time in the Mapped Drives List.
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