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a drive letter is already taken for a background process

 
 
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      12th Feb 2004
I am getting "The local device name is already in use"

Someone Pegasus (MVP) sugsested that the drive letter I am trying to use is
already taken as a drive letter for a background process.

This is a good hint but without knowing how to see if indeed a drive letter
is already taken for a background process, it's pretty useless - could some
one clarify how can I determine the processes taking letters?


 
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      12th Feb 2004
When do you see this message?
If you go to a command prompt and type

net use <enter>

what do you see, and what's the status of each?

aa wrote:
> I am getting "The local device name is already in use"
>
> Someone Pegasus (MVP) sugsested that the drive letter I am trying to
> use is already taken as a drive letter for a background process.
>
> This is a good hint but without knowing how to see if indeed a drive
> letter is already taken for a background process, it's pretty useless
> - could some one clarify how can I determine the processes taking
> letters?



 
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      12th Feb 2004
I see:
New connections will be remembered:
then lines of the following two formats:

OK //Computer_name/folder_name MS Windows Network
Discontinued //Computer_name/folder_name MS Windows Network

The command completed successfully

What does "remembered" mean?
What conclusions regarding letters could be drawn from this?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> When do you see this message?
> If you go to a command prompt and type
>
> net use <enter>
>
> what do you see, and what's the status of each?
>
> aa wrote:
> > I am getting "The local device name is already in use"
> >
> > Someone Pegasus (MVP) sugsested that the drive letter I am trying to
> > use is already taken as a drive letter for a background process.
> >
> > This is a good hint but without knowing how to see if indeed a drive
> > letter is already taken for a background process, it's pretty useless
> > - could some one clarify how can I determine the processes taking
> > letters?

>
>



 
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      12th Feb 2004
Is either of the two drive letters the one you're referring to?
I presume you mean "disconnected", not discontinued...

aa wrote:
> I see:
> New connections will be remembered:
> then lines of the following two formats:
>
> OK //Computer_name/folder_name MS Windows Network
> Discontinued //Computer_name/folder_name MS Windows Network
>
> The command completed successfully
>
> What does "remembered" mean?
> What conclusions regarding letters could be drawn from this?
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:elxZZ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> When do you see this message?
>> If you go to a command prompt and type
>>
>> net use <enter>
>>
>> what do you see, and what's the status of each?
>>
>> aa wrote:
>>> I am getting "The local device name is already in use"
>>>
>>> Someone Pegasus (MVP) sugsested that the drive letter I am trying to
>>> use is already taken as a drive letter for a background process.
>>>
>>> This is a good hint but without knowing how to see if indeed a drive
>>> letter is already taken for a background process, it's pretty
>>> useless
>>> - could some one clarify how can I determine the processes taking
>>> letters?



 
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      13th Feb 2004
Thanks, Lanwench.
Of course "disconnected".
I see no drive letters in what "net use" returns - it is just computer name
and name of a folder.
I can only tell that all the listed folders I, indeed, tried to open, and
indeed these folders are sitting on some drives with some letters.
Where shall we go from here?



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is either of the two drive letters the one you're referring to?
> I presume you mean "disconnected", not discontinued...
>
> aa wrote:
> > I see:
> > New connections will be remembered:
> > then lines of the following two formats:
> >
> > OK //Computer_name/folder_name MS Windows Network
> > Discontinued //Computer_name/folder_name MS Windows Network
> >
> > The command completed successfully
> >
> > What does "remembered" mean?
> > What conclusions regarding letters could be drawn from this?
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:elxZZ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> When do you see this message?
> >> If you go to a command prompt and type
> >>
> >> net use <enter>
> >>
> >> what do you see, and what's the status of each?
> >>
> >> aa wrote:
> >>> I am getting "The local device name is already in use"
> >>>
> >>> Someone Pegasus (MVP) sugsested that the drive letter I am trying to
> >>> use is already taken as a drive letter for a background process.
> >>>
> >>> This is a good hint but without knowing how to see if indeed a drive
> >>> letter is already taken for a background process, it's pretty
> >>> useless
> >>> - could some one clarify how can I determine the processes taking
> >>> letters?

>
>



 
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