Windows 10: Unable to disconnect from mapped network drive

I have two mapped drives in my network locations mapped to Q: and V:. I can access their contents, but I cannot disconnect them.

When I attempt to disconnect either drive, I receive an error stating that "the system cannot find the file specified."

I attempted to disconnect the drives by removing their entries in the registry, but that had no effect.

I tried using the cmd prompt as admin to remove the drives, including: "net use * /delete," "mountvol /r," "persistent:NO," and others, but the drives remain.

How do I disconnect from these network drives? Is it even possible?

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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 disconnect from mapped network drive

Solution can be found here:

Unable to disconnect from mapped network drive

 

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.