When trying to disconnect a network drive the following error message is presented
“This network connection does not exist"
or
"Z:\ refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location.”
Perform the following steps to correct:
Run->Start
Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints
In this folder, delete anything with ## in front of it.
Run Task Manager
On Processes tab, highlight Explorer and click End Process
File->New Task (Run…) and type
Explorer
Below is a possible script to automatically fix the registry. Save the following as .vbs
identify subkeys with "##" and remove them
const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
strComputer = "."
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &_
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2"
oReg.EnumKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath, arrSubKeys
For Each subkey In arrSubKeys
If CBool(Instr(subkey,"##")) Then
oReg.DeleteKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath&"\"&subkey
End If
Next