Network location added in Windows Explorer now I cannot delete it
Hi,
May I know if the issue only occurs on one computer? Whether did you right-click "Network" to map the drive or right-click "Computer"? Can you access the drive (website) now? As far as I know, when network discovery is enabled, the network devices or computers
will display under Network in Windows Explorer automatically. You cannot add or modify them manually.
Please turn off Network discovery from Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings. Meanwhile, please help me collect the screenshots of the wrong drive.
How to capture a screenshot
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1. Open your Windows Explorer or if any error message is received, press the Print Screen key (PrtScn) on your keyboard.
2. Click the "Start" menu, type "mspaint" in the Search Bar and Press Enter.
3. In the Paint program, click the "Edit" menu, click "Paste", click the "File" menu, and click "Save".
4. Save the picture onto your desktop and insert to post or upload to skydrive.
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It's a puzzling mess. It occurs only on the one computer where I 'created' this 'network location.' What makes it so odd is: if I right-click on "Network" I can map or disconnect a network drive (though network drives appear higher up under "Computer." However,
if I right-click on "Computer," I am offered the additional option to "Add a network location" which then appeared lower down under "Network." Seems crazy and there is NO way to remove a 'network location.' So now I'm stuck with it.
Obviously, I did not turn off Network discovery before taking the screen shot.
Thanks,
Jim
PS: The problem has become a bit less pressing now because I have implimented a 'vanity domain name' which gives me a different 'map network drive' so the credentials conflict is gone. But the bogus network location remains. I have mapped my Sharepoint
team site as a network drive and I have full access to it.
PPS: turning off network discovery did not make any visible difference. What was that supposed to do?
Jim Kay
May 24th, 2012 7:21am
I'm a new user of Office365 and I mapped a network within Windows Explorer by right-clicking on "Network."
xxxx.sharepoint.com is now sitting there under "Network" and I cannot get rid of it.
When I try to map the same network drive under "Computer" I get a credentials conflict.
When I try to disconnect a network drive, there are none listed.
(I did have a mapping that worked but I deleted that one trying to get rid of the non-working one and now I cannot get the good one back again.)
So what is this "Network" thing I've created and how do I get rid of it.?Jim Kay
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May 24th, 2012 8:40am
net use t: /delete
HTH
Milos
May 24th, 2012 1:39pm
net use t: /delete
HTH
Milos
Oh, I see I failed to mention that net use tells me "There are no entries in the list."
net use * /d reports the same thing "There are no entries in the list."
The object in question is listed under "Network" but is NOT listed under "Computer." Under "Network" is where other computers and an ethernet attached printer are listed.
JimJim Kay
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May 24th, 2012 8:45pm
Hi,
Please use ShellExView to check third party extension.
1. Download ShellExView v1.41 from the following link
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.zip
Please Note: The third-party product discussed here is manufactured by a company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
2. Right-click the "shexview.zip" file, select "Extract All", the Extraction Wizard will prompt.
3. Click Next, input "C:\ShellExView" (without the quotation marks) in the "Files will be extracted to this directory" textbox.
4. Click Next and click Finnish.
5. Open the "C:\ShellExView" folder and double-click the "shexview.exe" file. It will scan the registry for all the shell extensions.
6. Select all the non-Microsoft extensions in pink by press "Ctrl" in the keyboard.
7. Click the "Disable Selected Items" on the toolbar and click Yes.
8. Restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Meanwhile, you can test the issue in
clean boot.Niki Han
TechNet Community Support
May 25th, 2012 1:59am
Hi,
May I know if the issue only occurs on one computer? Whether did you right-click "Network" to map the drive or right-click "Computer"? Can you access the drive (website) now? As far as I know, when network discovery is enabled, the network devices or computers
will display under Network in Windows Explorer automatically. You cannot add or modify them manually.
Please turn off Network discovery from Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings. Meanwhile, please help me collect the screenshots of the wrong drive.
How to capture a screenshot
------------------------------------------
1. Open your Windows Explorer or if any error message is received, press the Print Screen key (PrtScn) on your keyboard.
2. Click the "Start" menu, type "mspaint" in the Search Bar and Press Enter.
3. In the Paint program, click the "Edit" menu, click "Paste", click the "File" menu, and click "Save".
4. Save the picture onto your desktop and insert to post or upload to skydrive.
Niki
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hereNiki Han
TechNet Community Support
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May 25th, 2012 5:02am
Hi,
Any update on the issue?Niki Han
TechNet Community Support
June 1st, 2012 4:40am
I keep asking myself how much effort I want to put into a problem that does nothing more than leave a seemingly harmless line under the 'network' section of Windows Explorer.
It seems to me you've proposed a VERY labor intensive approach to an innocuous 'problem.'
I think I'll just ignore it instead.
Thanks anyway!Jim Kay
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June 1st, 2012 5:41am
Hi,
Any update on the issue?
Niki Han
TechNet Community Support
Some people say 'times cures everything." I just noticed the bogus entry has vanished by itself.
Jim Kay
June 1st, 2012 9:09am