Drive mapping

[Guest]

I am on my home computer, that I use to tie into my work network
occassionaly. When I am on the network, I have mapped to a couple of
drives...H: & I:. However, when I am not on the network, these drives are
not connected (which is OK), but when I put in a memory stick it utilizes one
of the drive letters (but the drive name doesn't change to "removeable"). I
tried to remap my network drives to letters further down in the alphabet, but
now I have duplicate drive names available for mapping (even though they are
disconnected). Is there a way to remove "disconnected drives" from the My
Computer list such that a new removeable drive will show up with the correct
name on H:?

 

[Dave Patrick]

From a command prompt;

net use /persistent:no
net use * /delete /y

would disconnect all network resources.

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[Dave Patrick]

Did you restart the pc after issuing the commands?

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[Guest]

No, I hadn't rebooted. I have now, and all disconnected network drives have
been removed from "my computer". Now I can plug in a device and have it map
to H: with a recognizeable name. Thanks for your help!

Regards,
John

Did you restart the pc after issuing the commands?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Hi Dave,
I tried your instructions, and all drives are disconnected. However, in
"My
computer", it still shows H: and I: with the original names (even though
they
are disconnected). When I put in a USB memory stick, it is mapping to H:
under the network name (not shown as "removeable"). This isn't an issue
for
me, since I know where to look to find this type of removeable media, but
others in my family are connecting MP3 players and cameras that end up
being
difficult to locate.

Thanks for any additional advice you can provide.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[Uwe Sieber]

I am on my home computer, that I use to tie into my work network
occassionaly. When I am on the network, I have mapped to a couple of
drives...H: & I:. However, when I am not on the network, these drives are
not connected (which is OK), but when I put in a memory stick it utilizes one
of the drive letters (but the drive name doesn't change to "removeable"). I
tried to remap my network drives to letters further down in the alphabet, but
now I have duplicate drive names available for mapping (even though they are
disconnected). Is there a way to remove "disconnected drives" from the My
Computer list such that a new removeable drive will show up with the correct
name on H:?

Using my USB drive letter manger you can define default
drive letters for USB drives and/or block drive letters
from beeing used for USB drives.
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html


Uwe