I disconnected a mapped drive. checked registry and it does not show. checked via net use /delete and it does not appear to be there. however when I do in CMD> DIR R:\ (where R:\ is the drive letter) it lists the content of the mapped drive and I can access from all programs as well. How can I disconnect this mapped drive? thanks Moti Hodis mhodis@rcn.com

1. Do not use e-mail address is exact form - for your security reason. 2. I use net use R: /delete 3. Depending on the use of mappet drives there is alternative. Have a script on desktop containg two lines explorer.exe \\server\shared_folder pause This starts Windows Explorer and you can work with shared folder until you issue Enter in command prompt. Advantage of this is that you can get to subfolder as well explorer.exe \\server\shared_folder\subfolder Disadvantage of this "method" is the need to work with two windows (Windows Explorer and Command prompt) Regards Milos

Thanks Milos, the problem is that when I do a net use R: /delete it comes back and tells me the R: drive does not exist. it's as if it was removed from most places but it still defined somewhere enough to prevent the drive from dissapearing from Computer, although it shows there with a big red X through the icon and you can't disconnect it looks like some leftovers that I can't find. Also seems to be finding this fairly late in the boot process as if I look at Computer at the start of the boot process the R: drive does not show and then after a bit it pops up thanks MotiMoti Hodis

Hi, Please try net use /delete \\server\sharename or net use /delete \\192.168.1.205\sharename for a test. After that, you can run net use to check all connected drives.Niki Han TechNet Community Support

Have you found a solution to this? I'm having the same problem. Chad

Unfortunately not. I spent 3.5 hours with MS tech support with no progress. I would check if you have offline files from that mapped drive, indexing, or any other usage setup that could force the OS to keep the drive alive. we did all that and in my case there must be something else that still would not let it go away. MotiMoti Hodis