I have a computer running Windows 7 Enterprise with a network drive mapped to another commuter running Windows XP Professional. The C drive in the computer with XP went bad and the computer was replaced. However I cannot disconnect the mapped drive. If I try to disconnect it using the context menu option in Windows Explorer it brings up a dialog box that says, "This network connection does not exist," and does not disconnect it. I have also tried to disconnect it from the command line: C:\>net use Z: /delete The network connection could not be found. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2250. C:\>net helpmsg 2250 The network connection could not be found. C:\> This problem is very annoying. Please help.

In cmd windows, you can directly type command 'net use' to see the net connection. If the Z: doesn't existed in the list, 'the network connection could not be found' is normal. And you can directly define a new network location to Z:.

It still showed up in the list but would not let me disconnect it. However, it replaced it just fine. Thank you.

once you replace you can delete the mapped drive now..Regards, h9ck3r.

I was experiencing a similar problem on my computer. The root of the issue is that the drives where initially mapped when explorer.exe was started. As you said, after "disconnecting" them they still appeared in My Computer but not "net use". Restarting explorer.exe at this point removed the drives from My Computer.

That's the ticket! KISS! (Keep It Simple Stupid) I remember this from my Novell instructor. I am definitely going to put this in my HOW TO's Thank you Robert Greer!

This worked for me as well. Thanks Robert!

I've tried both solutions, I've tried remapping the drive (net use Z: \\myServer\myShare\), restarting explorer and the computer. It still shows the disconnected drive and I can't delete it. Anybody else have this issue? Thanks.

I have a similar issue on Server 2012, but when net use is run it shows "There are no entries in the list." but shows in Windows Explorer. Restarting Server and explorer.exe does not change anything?!

I have a client running Windows 7 connected to SBS 2011 Essentials. Mapped drives to previous server persist as icons in Windows Explorer and can't be deleted even though I used net use to delete the drive letter mappings. I have been able to map new letters to the shared folders on the new server but can't get rid of the red X icons no matter what I try, including the suggestion to net use the same drive letter and then try and disconnect. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks. Michael

I tried all described above, but nothing worked. But somewhere I found that "Net Use /Persistent:yes" would set all current drives to persistent. I tried "Net Use /Persistent:no", booted and that one driveletter was gone at last. May be that will do the trick for you???? Leo Koolsbergen