Network drive cached name

[koenraadw]

Hi,

We have a problem with some Vista PC's that are joined in a domain.
They receive their shared folders on servers via login script on the
server.
Recently, the UNC path changed to a different server.
The login script is executed perfectly and the drives point to the
right UNC path, however, Vista shows the server as being the previous
one.
When doing net use /del, the shares get disconnected and deleted,
however in Computer the drives remain, just disconnect but the icons
remain and still show the wrong server.
Is their any way this can be fixed?
Cleaning a cache of some sort?

Thanks in advance

Koenraad.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Please post back with the result of "net use".

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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Hi,

We have a problem with some Vista PC's that are joined in a domain.
They receive their shared folders on servers via login script on the
server.
Recently, the UNC path changed to a different server.
The login script is executed perfectly and the drives point to the
right UNC path, however, Vista shows the server as being the previous
one.
When doing net use /del, the shares get disconnected and deleted,
however in Computer the drives remain, just disconnect but the icons
remain and still show the wrong server.
Is their any way this can be fixed?
Cleaning a cache of some sort?

Thanks in advance

Koenraad.

 

[GTS]

I haven't yet run into this problem in Vista, but have seen it from time to
time in XP. I found a way to fix it with a registry edit in XP. The key
looks the same in Vista, so it will likely work there too. Under the key
below you will see entries for various mapped drives (past and current).
These show up like this ##Gts5#C with # signs instead of backslashes
\\Gts5\C. Delete the entries for the stuck drives you see in My Computer.
Then log off and on again or reboot and check Computer - hopefully the
problem drives will have been deleted there.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2]

Please let us know if this works for you.

 

[koenraadw]

I haven't yet run into this problem in Vista, but have seen it from time to
time in XP. I found a way to fix it with a registry edit in XP. The key
looks the same in Vista, so it will likely work there too. Under the key
below you will see entries for various mapped drives (past and current).
These show up like this ##Gts5#C with # signs instead of backslashes
\\Gts5\C. Delete the entries for the stuck drives you see in My Computer.
Then log off and on again or reboot and check Computer - hopefully the
problem drives will have been deleted there.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Mount­Points2]

Please let us know if this works for you.

Hi,

We have a problem with some Vista PC's that are joined in a domain.
They receive their shared folders on servers via login script on the
server.
Recently, the UNC path changed to a different server.
The login script is executed perfectly and the drives point to the
right UNC path, however, Vista shows the server as being the previous
one.
When doing net use /del, the shares get disconnected and deleted,
however in Computer the drives remain, just disconnect but the icons
remain and still show the wrong server.
Is their any way this can be fixed?
Cleaning a cache of some sort?

Thanks in advance

Koenraad.- Hide quoted text -

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GTS: you solution seems to work.
Thanks!

 

[GTS]

GTS: you solution seems to work.
Thanks!

You're welcome and thanks for confirming it.