I can't correct the name of a mapped folder. I can disconnect it but when i recreate it back with the desired name it still keeps the old name. I initially messed it up when I tried to change the name from lower case to upper case in file explorer.
INPUT:
Drive: X
Folder: \\TOWER\0 SYNCHRONIZ
RESULT:
0 SYN(\\T)(X)
The link still displays the correct folder named "0 SYNCHRONIZ"
Try disconnecting then map using IP instead of name maybe NetBIOS hasn't updated
Disconnect it once more then use RegEdit to delete the relevant entry within HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network
This should destroy its memory of the previous name.
Denis
I have never had to do anything else to remove an old network drive mapping. [The mapped drives I have are all listed even though they are not currently connected].
If I understand the situation correctly -
- You have mapped \\TOWER\0 SYNCHRONIZ and that is confirmed by HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network
- But File explorer insists that you have mapped to a [removable?] drive you have called 0 SYN that is connected to the network computer called T instead
1 Does HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network contain an entry for 0 SYN or \\T at all?
2 Does HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Portable Devices\Devices contain 0 SYN as a 'FriendlyName' entry?
3 Can 0 SYN be found in your Registry elsewhere [such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares]?
Denis
I searched the registry for "0 SYN" (Match whole string only.). Not found.
I searched the registry for "0 SYN" (Not only matching the whole string.) Results:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Network/X/RemotePath \\TOWER\0 SYNCHRONIZ
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Map Network drive MRU/b/ \\TOWER\0 SYNCHRONIZ
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MountPoints2/##Tower#0 synchroniz/LabelFromReg/ 0 SYN(\\T)
I fixed the problem by modifying "0 SYN(\\T)" to be "0 SYNCHRONIZ(\\TOWER)"
Stan,
I am glad it has been resolved.
I had not found those MountPoints2 keys because I had unwisely limited my search to Names [Values] and Data fields i.e. skipping Keys.
An incidental comment about HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2
- My own entries for mounted external drives on network computers all use the Name field _LabelFromDesktopINI [REG_SZ] rather than the LabelFromReg you found. I have no idea what the significance of the difference is.
Denis
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