Forced Disconnect

[Barney]

It is very common for me to observe "The device is being
accessed by an active process" when I issue a NET USE
X: /DEL command.

I know that using Explorer, I can right-click on the
mapped drive and select "Disconnect". Windows then
reports "There are currently files open on X:. If you do
not close the files before disconnecting from the network
device, data may be lost. Do you want to disconnect the
device anyway?".

How do I accomplish the same from the command prompt?
There are never any ill effects if I do this from the GUI.

 

[Marty List]

It is very common for me to observe "The device is being
accessed by an active process" when I issue a NET USE
X: /DEL command.

I know that using Explorer, I can right-click on the
mapped drive and select "Disconnect". Windows then
reports "There are currently files open on X:. If you do
not close the files before disconnecting from the network
device, data may be lost. Do you want to disconnect the
device anyway?".

How do I accomplish the same from the command prompt?
There are never any ill effects if I do this from the GUI.

NET USE X: /DEL /YES

 

[Barney]

This did not work.

I observe:

"The device is being accessed by an active process.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2404."

 

[Mark V]

This did not work.

I observe:

"The device is being accessed by an active process.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2404."

Perhaps silly but is this from a command prompt "X:" (the active
logged drive)?

 

[Barney]

No, i tried the command from C:\ >

-----Original Message-----


Perhaps silly but is this from a command prompt "X:" (the active
logged drive)?


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[Marty List]

What kind of apps or scripts are you launching that access the mapped drive?
Forcing the drive to unmap is not the best solution, finding out what is
leaving a handle open on that drive is better.

Try Handle.exe from http://www.sysinternals.com/