How do I remove network drives

[mystified]

I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely
parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of the
office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are a
painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking on
any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location
that is not available..." Right click options include everything except
delete. Suggestions?

 

[R. McCarty]

The computer is likely configured as part of a Domain. The Shares are
probably established by a Group Policy. Even when the PC is not on
the Domain it uses cached credentials to function off-line. You might
be able to use Net Share _____ /Delete from a command prompt. It
might be a good idea to disjoin the domain and use a Workgroup but
I would backup any profile data you wish to keep long-term before a
Domain/Workgroup change is made.

 

[The Real Truth MVP]

Right click my computer > disconnect network drive.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 8/12/2008 4:11 PM, and on a whim, mystified
pounded out on the keyboard:

I've been given the boot but allowed to keep my company laptop as a lovely
parting gift. There are 4 network drives that remain. They were part of the
office network that I can no longer access. The drive letters & icons are a
painful reminder of gainful employment. How do I get rid of them? Clicking on
any of the drive letters yields the error message "x: refers to a location
that is not available..." Right click options include everything except
delete. Suggestions?

Right click should give you a "Disconnect" option. Or click on Tools,
Disconnect Network Drive.

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[mystified]

They won't disconnect because they aren't connected.

 

[John John (MVP)]

At a Command Prompt issue:

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

John

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 8/12/2008 5:24 PM, and on a whim, mystified
pounded out on the keyboard:

They won't disconnect because they aren't connected.

I disconnect drives all the time that "aren't connected". Look in
Tools, Map Network Drive and see if any are set to Reconnect at logon.

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[LVTravel]

They will show in the list of mapped drives the way RTMVP stated. Simply
clicking once on the drive then OK will delete it from the drive list if
they were mapped by Map Network Drive. They will not if included in a login
script for a domain (group policy.)

 

[Bob I]

I hope the also gave you all the CD's for the Operating system and software!

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 8/12/2008 8:44 PM, and on a whim, LVTravel pounded
out on the keyboard:

They will show in the list of mapped drives the way RTMVP stated. Simply
clicking once on the drive then OK will delete it from the drive list if
they were mapped by Map Network Drive. They will not if included in a login
script for a domain (group policy.)

The drives mapped via login scripts do show in Mapped Drives. I just
looked at a few workstations via RDP and all of them show the mappings.

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[LVTravel]

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The drives mapped via login scripts do show in Mapped Drives. I just
looked at a few workstations via RDP and all of them show the mappings.

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But unless you delete the login script mappings they will reappear each and
every time in the Mapped Drives List.