Non-existant Drives?

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

Windows XP Home (SP1)
Somebody else was using this computer and apparently created two
non-existent drives that I can see in windows explorer. They are
labeled:
My Pictures on 'Primary\SharedDocs' (Y
And
My Pictures on 'Primary\SharedDocs' (Z

Under properties, the type is Network Drive. And the available-space
numbers exactly mimic those of the real hard drive, C.

When I look at each "drive" in explorer, they have one and only one
folder, Program Files (and nothing in there).

So how were these "drives" created? Is there any purpose they could
serve? Why do they show, under properties, that there is everything
there, but in Explorer, they only have the one empty folder? And can I
just delete these "drives"?

 

[barry.anderson]

Someone wanted to create a 'shortcut' to these locations on the hard
drive... just open explorer.... right click on one of these drives.... and
choose 'disconnect'...

 

[Peter Hutchison]

Windows XP Home (SP1)
Somebody else was using this computer and apparently created two
non-existent drives that I can see in windows explorer. They are
labeled:
My Pictures on 'Primary\SharedDocs' (Y
And
My Pictures on 'Primary\SharedDocs' (Z

Under properties, the type is Network Drive. And the available-space
numbers exactly mimic those of the real hard drive, C.

When I look at each "drive" in explorer, they have one and only one
folder, Program Files (and nothing in there).

So how were these "drives" created? Is there any purpose they could
serve? Why do they show, under properties, that there is everything
there, but in Explorer, they only have the one empty folder? And can I
just delete these "drives"?

You can delete them using NET USE
e.g. NET USE Y: /delete

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
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