Cannot delete a share resource

[Guest]

Hi...
On a Win2K DC server with SP2, I created a share of the cd drive, under the
share name of cd-rom. When I tried to delete the share, I got the message "An
error occurred while trying to delete share cd-rom. This share resource does
not exist." I tried also from the Manage-Shared Folders-Shares with but I got
the message "Error 2310: This shared resource does not exist". I even tried
from cmd with the net share command (net share cd-rom /delete) but it didn't
work either end the error message was again 2310. I cannot reboot the server
or advance sto SP4. When I searched to Microsoft for Error 2310, it only said
to check the spelling (which I did).
Any ideas ?????

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi...
On a Win2K DC server with SP2, I created a share of the cd drive, under the
share name of cd-rom. When I tried to delete the share, I got the message "An
error occurred while trying to delete share cd-rom. This share resource does
not exist." I tried also from the Manage-Shared Folders-Shares with but I got
the message "Error 2310: This shared resource does not exist". I even tried
from cmd with the net share command (net share cd-rom /delete) but it didn't
work either end the error message was again 2310. I cannot reboot the server
or advance sto SP4. When I searched to Microsoft for Error 2310, it only said
to check the spelling (which I did).
Any ideas ?????

You can force the issue by deleting the share directly from
the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\Shares

 

[Guest]

Thanks for answering...
There is not any key in the registry for the share in the path you wrote me...

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

So what exactly makes you think that the share exists? Please quote all
error messages (if any) verbatim.

And what exactly do you see under this registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\Shares

 

[Guest]

I can see the share at Manage-Shared Folders-Shares, so I assume it exists. I
cannot test if it is active because it is cd-rom and it is currently empty
(it is a remote server).
All the error messages are shown in the original post in quote (if I
understood correctly what you want).
At the registry path I can see all the other shares (printers, folders)
except from the one I want.

 

[Bob I]

Was there a CD in the drive when you tried to remove the share?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

It seems something strange happened when you created this
share. Search the whole registry for the string "cd-rom".
Judicious deletion of these occurrances should fix your problem
(if, in fact, it is a problem rather than just a nuisance).