SOLVED - Cannot delete network share "you might not have permissionto use this network resource"

[Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk]

SOLVED - Cannot delete network share "you might not have permissionto use this network resource"

 

PROBLEM WAS-

I think network share is the right term for shared folder? For when it

is in the view \\ip or \\compname window... Where windows shows the

folder (this is clear in view..tiles), with what looks like a tap

handle or propellor growing out of the bottom of the folder.

 

(whereas the directory itself, when shared, has a picture of a hand

underneath it)

 

I am using - well, trying/messing around with/testing simple file

sharing.

 

I set a directory to be shared. Deleted the directory.

And now I cannot delete the share..

 

There is no option to delete a share, on a share itself (that's normal

I think).

 

But when when I double click the share, I got the message

 

"\\blahcompname\blahshare is not accessible. You might not have

permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of

this server to find out if you have access permisions.

The specified network resource or device is no longer available.

"

 

 

Normally, I guess the way you delete a share is to go to the

directory, right click..properties.. uncheck the box "share this

folder on the network", then the share disappears.

That option does not exist in the \\ip view, where you see shares

rather than the directories themselves.

 

SOLVED..

What I did was I wanted to see where the share pointed to..

That was not possible.. right clicking a share..properties, does not

show it. I guess it never shows it.

But I remembered where the share pointed to anyway.

So I went to the location of where the actual directory was.

I Recreated the directory/folder, with the exact same name as it

originally had.

And Lo and Behold, when it was created, it came up with that picture

of a hand below it(clearer in view..tiles, less so in view..list).

So it was shared automatically. It was empty prob 'cos newly created.

So now the directory was there. I unshared it. The share then

disappeared. (prob solved) Then I deleted the directory.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: SOLVED - Cannot delete network share "you might not have permission to use this network resource"

 

Re: SOLVED - Cannot delete network share "you might not have permission to use this network resource"

 

 

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

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> PROBLEM WAS-

> I think network share is the right term for shared folder? For when it

> is in the view \\ip or \\compname window... Where windows shows the

> folder (this is clear in view..tiles), with what looks like a tap

> handle or propellor growing out of the bottom of the folder.

>

> (whereas the directory itself, when shared, has a picture of a hand

> underneath it)

>

> I am using - well, trying/messing around with/testing simple file

> sharing.

>

> I set a directory to be shared. Deleted the directory.

> And now I cannot delete the share..

>

> There is no option to delete a share, on a share itself (that's normal

> I think).

>

> But when when I double click the share, I got the message

>

> "\\blahcompname\blahshare is not accessible. You might not have

> permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of

> this server to find out if you have access permisions.

> The specified network resource or device is no longer available.

> "

>

>

> Normally, I guess the way you delete a share is to go to the

> directory, right click..properties.. uncheck the box "share this

> folder on the network", then the share disappears.

> That option does not exist in the \\ip view, where you see shares

> rather than the directories themselves.

>

> SOLVED..

> What I did was I wanted to see where the share pointed to..

> That was not possible.. right clicking a share..properties, does not

> show it. I guess it never shows it.

> But I remembered where the share pointed to anyway.

> So I went to the location of where the actual directory was.

> I Recreated the directory/folder, with the exact same name as it

> originally had.

> And Lo and Behold, when it was created, it came up with that picture

> of a hand below it(clearer in view..tiles, less so in view..list).

> So it was shared automatically. It was empty prob 'cos newly created.

> So now the directory was there. I unshared it. The share then

> disappeared. (prob solved) Then I deleted the directory.

 

You could also have run this command from a Command Prompt:

 

net share ShareName /d

 

If you do it like this then you don't need to know the name of

the folder that was associated with Sharename.