Disconnected Network Drive

I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my users
have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive. The
drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not show the
correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this disconnected
drive, and allow the correct remapping?

use net use * /d to clean all mapping and then re-logon.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:EDDEEE82-04F3-4CAA-9387-(E-Mail Removed)...
I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my users
have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive. The
drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not show the
correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this disconnected
drive, and allow the correct remapping?

Thanks, I had tried (net use * /d ) once before, adn it has not cleared this
Disconnected drives, any other Ideas

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> use net use * /d to clean all mapping and then re-logon.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:EDDEEE82-04F3-4CAA-9387-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my users
> have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive. The
> drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not show the
> correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this disconnected
> drive, and allow the correct remapping?

AFisher,

Wish I had the answer. I am trying to help out a Non-Profit org that is
having the same problem, on many computers

The drive show up as Diconnected in Windows Explorer but it's really not...

Have you added any 3rd party software, or upgraded any software...

I have been working with a Microsoft rep on a private newsgroup and not
making very good progress...

He thinks it is 3rd party software.. Only thing I can think of is
Symantec Anti-Virus 10.0 upgrade and Microsoft antispyware (Not defender).

Their system has been running Windows 2003 AD for almost 2 years without
this problem and everyone has XP pro..

Problem is it doesn't happen everytime...

And I put a pause in the login script to watching the mapped drives....

The logon script deletes the mapped drives and reconnnects them...

It's funny when it can't delete one mapped drive but it deletes the next
one...

Ill let you know if I find anything.. Just don't work their everyday...

"AFisher" wrote:

> Thanks, I had tried (net use * /d ) once before, adn it has not cleared this
> Disconnected drives, any other Ideas
>
> "Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>
> > use net use * /d to clean all mapping and then re-logon.
> >
> > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > "AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:EDDEEE82-04F3-4CAA-9387-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my users
> > have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive. The
> > drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not show the
> > correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this disconnected
> > drive, and allow the correct remapping?

Hrmmm, I too am using AV corp ver 10.1 and I have installed the MS
anti-spyware, although I dont use it...

This will be a hughe pain if I ahve to uninstall AV.... Please do keep me
informed, I ahev a few more things to try, as I knwo exactly how the issue
happend, all of the anomiles were hard mapped, at some point... meaning some
one used <net use G: \\servername\Sharename> I'm guessing that this is
something todo with persistant mapping, but as I can't get rid of it I am at
a loose

"Dave Bunch" wrote:

> AFisher,
>
> Wish I had the answer. I am trying to help out a Non-Profit org that is
> having the same problem, on many computers
>
> The drive show up as Diconnected in Windows Explorer but it's really not...
>
> Have you added any 3rd party software, or upgraded any software...
>
> I have been working with a Microsoft rep on a private newsgroup and not
> making very good progress...
>
> He thinks it is 3rd party software.. Only thing I can think of is
> Symantec Anti-Virus 10.0 upgrade and Microsoft antispyware (Not defender).
>
> Their system has been running Windows 2003 AD for almost 2 years without
> this problem and everyone has XP pro..
>
> Problem is it doesn't happen everytime...
>
> And I put a pause in the login script to watching the mapped drives....
>
> The logon script deletes the mapped drives and reconnnects them...
>
> It's funny when it can't delete one mapped drive but it deletes the next
> one...
>
> Ill let you know if I find anything.. Just don't work their everyday...
>
> "AFisher" wrote:
>
> > Thanks, I had tried (net use * /d ) once before, adn it has not cleared this
> > Disconnected drives, any other Ideas
> >
> > "Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:
> >
> > > use net use * /d to clean all mapping and then re-logon.
> > >
> > > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> > > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> > > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> > > "AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:EDDEEE82-04F3-4CAA-9387-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my users
> > > have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive. The
> > > drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not show the
> > > correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this disconnected
> > > drive, and allow the correct remapping?

Couple of quick responses to the problems mentioned below :
(1) >> > > have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected
Drive. The
>> > > drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does
not show the
>> > > correct Connection information

This was a bug and has been fixed after the CTP build. This was
preventing the net used connections to be showing
in the wrong state.

(2) If there are handles open on a net used connection, then when net use
\\<Server>\<Share> /d is executed it reports a message saying that there are
handles open on this connection, do you still want to continue.

(3) Even if a server\share has been net used with persistent option, you
should be able to delete it.

So, can you please elaborate what the actual steps is. Ideally I would like
to know this and would be glad to help out:
(1) Output of Net Use
(2) Execute Net Use \\Server\Share /d (and the message it displays)
(3) Output of Net use


Thanks ~
Prashanth
Vista Remote File System Team



"AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A5C12628-0D26-44C5-8608-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hrmmm, I too am using AV corp ver 10.1 and I have installed the MS
> anti-spyware, although I dont use it...
>
> This will be a hughe pain if I ahve to uninstall AV.... Please do keep me
> informed, I ahev a few more things to try, as I knwo exactly how the issue
> happend, all of the anomiles were hard mapped, at some point... meaning
> some
> one used <net use G: \\servername\Sharename> I'm guessing that this is
> something todo with persistant mapping, but as I can't get rid of it I am
> at
> a loose
>
> "Dave Bunch" wrote:
>
>> AFisher,
>>
>> Wish I had the answer. I am trying to help out a Non-Profit org that is
>> having the same problem, on many computers
>>
>> The drive show up as Diconnected in Windows Explorer but it's really
>> not...
>>
>> Have you added any 3rd party software, or upgraded any software...
>>
>> I have been working with a Microsoft rep on a private newsgroup and not
>> making very good progress...
>>
>> He thinks it is 3rd party software.. Only thing I can think of is
>> Symantec Anti-Virus 10.0 upgrade and Microsoft antispyware (Not
>> defender).
>>
>> Their system has been running Windows 2003 AD for almost 2 years without
>> this problem and everyone has XP pro..
>>
>> Problem is it doesn't happen everytime...
>>
>> And I put a pause in the login script to watching the mapped drives....
>>
>> The logon script deletes the mapped drives and reconnnects them...
>>
>> It's funny when it can't delete one mapped drive but it deletes the next
>> one...
>>
>> Ill let you know if I find anything.. Just don't work their everyday...
>>
>> "AFisher" wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks, I had tried (net use * /d ) once before, adn it has not cleared
>> > this
>> > Disconnected drives, any other Ideas
>> >
>> > "Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> > > use net use * /d to clean all mapping and then re-logon.
>> > >
>> > > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> > > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> > > http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> > > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> > > http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>> > > "AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > > news:EDDEEE82-04F3-4CAA-9387-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my
>> > > users
>> > > have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive.
>> > > The
>> > > drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not
>> > > show the
>> > > correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this
>> > > disconnected
>> > > drive, and allow the correct remapping?

in responce to your questions

"This was a bug and has been fixed after the CTP build. This was preventing
the net used connections to be showing in the wrong state."

Will, I am running WinXP SP2, with 90% of the most recent Updates, Still
bugged (90% becuase WSUS is not pushing OutlookExpress updates)

I can't Give you Text for that, as I have no share name on the guest OS to /d
if I try <net use \\servername> I get "The Command completed asuccessfully"
If I try <net use M: \\servername\Sharename> i get "System error 85 has
occured, The local device name is already in use."
If I try <net use m: /d> I get "The network connection could not be found.,
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2250."

for a screen of the actual drive window to show you what I mean please
collect the link below
http://www.mjoservices.com/images/di...ted_drives.jpg


I can actually browes this, and atm, this is only an cosmetic issue, but as
I continue to mkae netowrk changes and such, these Undeleteable drives will
cause LOTS of problems

"Prashanth Prahalad" wrote:

>
> Couple of quick responses to the problems mentioned below :
> (1) >> > > have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected
> Drive. The
> >> > > drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does
> not show the
> >> > > correct Connection information
>
> This was a bug and has been fixed after the CTP build. This was
> preventing the net used connections to be showing
> in the wrong state.
>
> (2) If there are handles open on a net used connection, then when net use
> \\<Server>\<Share> /d is executed it reports a message saying that there are
> handles open on this connection, do you still want to continue.
>
> (3) Even if a server\share has been net used with persistent option, you
> should be able to delete it.
>
> So, can you please elaborate what the actual steps is. Ideally I would like
> to know this and would be glad to help out:
> (1) Output of Net Use
> (2) Execute Net Use \\Server\Share /d (and the message it displays)
> (3) Output of Net use
>
>
> Thanks ~
> Prashanth
> Vista Remote File System Team
>
>
>
> "AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:A5C12628-0D26-44C5-8608-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hrmmm, I too am using AV corp ver 10.1 and I have installed the MS
> > anti-spyware, although I dont use it...
> >
> > This will be a hughe pain if I ahve to uninstall AV.... Please do keep me
> > informed, I ahev a few more things to try, as I knwo exactly how the issue
> > happend, all of the anomiles were hard mapped, at some point... meaning
> > some
> > one used <net use G: \\servername\Sharename> I'm guessing that this is
> > something todo with persistant mapping, but as I can't get rid of it I am
> > at
> > a loose
> >
> > "Dave Bunch" wrote:
> >
> >> AFisher,
> >>
> >> Wish I had the answer. I am trying to help out a Non-Profit org that is
> >> having the same problem, on many computers
> >>
> >> The drive show up as Diconnected in Windows Explorer but it's really
> >> not...
> >>
> >> Have you added any 3rd party software, or upgraded any software...
> >>
> >> I have been working with a Microsoft rep on a private newsgroup and not
> >> making very good progress...
> >>
> >> He thinks it is 3rd party software.. Only thing I can think of is
> >> Symantec Anti-Virus 10.0 upgrade and Microsoft antispyware (Not
> >> defender).
> >>
> >> Their system has been running Windows 2003 AD for almost 2 years without
> >> this problem and everyone has XP pro..
> >>
> >> Problem is it doesn't happen everytime...
> >>
> >> And I put a pause in the login script to watching the mapped drives....
> >>
> >> The logon script deletes the mapped drives and reconnnects them...
> >>
> >> It's funny when it can't delete one mapped drive but it deletes the next
> >> one...
> >>
> >> Ill let you know if I find anything.. Just don't work their everyday...
> >>
> >> "AFisher" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thanks, I had tried (net use * /d ) once before, adn it has not cleared
> >> > this
> >> > Disconnected drives, any other Ideas
> >> >
> >> > "Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > use net use * /d to clean all mapping and then re-logon.
> >> > >
> >> > > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> >> > > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> >> > > http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> >> > > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> >> > > http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> >> > > "AFisher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > > news:EDDEEE82-04F3-4CAA-9387-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > > I am getting several anomiles after a domain migration. Some of my
> >> > > users
> >> > > have a drive mapped to (m which states it's a Disconnected Drive.
> >> > > The
> >> > > drive still points to the location it is supposed to but does not
> >> > > show the
> >> > > correct Connection information, is there anyway to delete this
> >> > > disconnected
> >> > > drive, and allow the correct remapping?
>
>
>