Removing mapped drive from Default User Profile

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Can someone point me in the direction for removing a mapped drive that now in
the registry for the default user? We need to strip this out of approx 300
deployed systems. The image has been fixed but the 'remembered' drive is
causing problems now that we have moved homedirs to a new server.
 
Littlelegs said:
Can someone point me in the direction for removing a mapped drive
that now in the registry for the default user? We need to strip
this out of approx 300 deployed systems. The image has been fixed
but the 'remembered' drive is causing problems now that we have
moved homedirs to a new server.
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One solution...
Create a new default user profile and - if this is a domain - put that
default user profile in your SYSVOL/NETLOGON share.

Another...
Create a new default user profile and copy it over the default user profile
on all the machines using a script.
 
The simplest way is always the easiest... lol, of course - replacing the
default user profile with the newest one would be the easiest... didn't even
occur to me!

Thank you...
 
Do you think that just copying over the NTUSER.DAT file would replace the
registry settings for the map drive or is it in some other mystery
location...

Thanks for your reply.
 
The way to do this is to include a

NET USE {sharename} /d /y

command in the logon script. The sharename is either the driveletter:, or if
no drive was mapped, the full sharepath, e.g. \\server\share

You might also find the Drivezap utility suitable, although this will remove
ALL driveletter-shares that the user cannot access at the time, so use with
caution on a system with permanent mappings.

http://mylogon.net/?page=download

BTW I would advise against using permanent shares on anything bigger than a
workgroup. Use a logon script instead. (why should need no explanation!)
 
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