Cannot disconnect network drive 1

[dougdemick]

Problem: I have a network drive that is using the drive letter p:\. I need to use this drive letter for another assignment. The behaviour of the drive is puzzling.

I have an icon for (p with a red x in My Computer.
If I right-click / disconnect, I get "The network connection could not be found."
If I try to open (P, I get "P:\ is not accessible. Logon failure: unknown username or bad password."

From the command prompt:
c:\> net use -> "There are no entries in the list"
c:\> net use p: /delete -> "The network connection could not be found.
c:\> net use p: \\server\share -> "System error 85 has occurred. The local device name is already in use."

How can I get rid of this drive?

 

[bcastner]

Start, Run, CMD
net use * /delete

 

[pweegar]

If the net use * /delete doesn't work, contact the network admin and ask if the drive is being added as part of a login script and see if it can be removed.

 

[dougdemick]

Thanks for the suggestions.

net use * /delete

This does not work. Gives message: "There are no entries in the list"

Regarding login scripts, I myself am the network admin, and I can find no login scripts active. Note: I am logging on to the computer locally and not logging into the domain.

Any other ideas out there?

 

[PAndersen]

An idea to disable one or more startup programs to see if any of them is trying to establish the P:-connection ?

 

[bcastner]

My Computer, right click, delete

 

[dougdemick]

Thanks, PAndersen - you got me thinking on the right track. I discovered a rogue domain group policy login script that was mapping the drive. I didn't suspect group policy because I was not logging into the domain. However, this group policy was set at the computer level, not the user level. Problem solved!