Windows 10: Intermittent disconnection of Mapped Drive - Cannot Lock Drive

Ever since bought new Win10 PC Mar 2020 and created a mapped drive with another Win10 PC, it is giving headache. Earlier it used to get intermittently disconnected. I updated the HKey and now started giving message cannot lock drive. Hello what has changed? Why intermittent disconnection? Appreciate any assistance.

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Unable to disconnect from mapped network drive

I receive the following error when I try to disconnect from a self mapped network drive: "network connection does not exist"

The network drive icon appears with a bid red x and says it is disconnected, yet I can double click on it to enter the mapped folder. Doing this does not reconnect the folder, and remains disconnected. This causes problems because programs that pointed
to this path are unable to read the files. I am unable to remap this drive because the associated drive letter (E and mapping no longer shows up in the list.

I've tried all the typical suggestions including:

--I tried to do it via the command prompt with the net use delete command, but it can't be found in there.

--Tried to above with the actual network path instead of the drive letter, did not work

--Tried to delete the registry entries from:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2

HKEY_USERS\. Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Mountpoint2\

None of these solutions worked. Though deleting the registry entries momentarily hid the disconnected drive, the drive letter was still not available for mapping. I tried to force the drive letter (E to map to my optical drive, which worryingly, pointed
back to the mapped network location on the NAS instead of to the optical drive.

How do I get rid of this? Reformatting the computer is not an option.

 

Unable to Open/Disconnect a Mapped Drive in Windows 10

Hi Landon,

To resolve this issue, please follow the steps on how to disconnect a Mapped drive below:

• Right click on Start button > select
  Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type " mountvol /r "
• Reboot your computer.

Regards.

 

Unable to disconnect Mapped drive

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



As you have mentioned that you have removed the mapped drives through GPO and still the drive keeps appearing, I suggest you to try removing the mapped drive by running the Net use command in Command Prompt and see if that helps. Please follow the
steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + S, and type Command Prompt.
   
2. Right click on the Command Prompt icon and select
   Run as administrator.
   
3. Now, type net use f: \\financial\public /delete
   (Replace f: \\financial\public with the drive name)
   

For more information on Net use command, you can refer the article
Net use.



If the issue persists, I suggest you to post your query in TechNet
forums, where we have support professionals who are well equipped with the knowledge on the GPO and mapped drivers to assist you with the appropriate details.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator