Deleting Mapped network drive

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Deleting Mapped network drive

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I have all my music files on a WD MyCloud drive which is connected to my home network. I previously mapped my M:/ drive to the music folder on my MyCloud drive via it's IP address. Then the IP address of the MyCloud drive changed and the drive showed as disconnected. But the drive's contents are still readable and writable by windows explorer But now I cannot disconnect the drive (This Network Connection Does Not Exist) And the drive no longer appears in the list of mappable drive letters under Map a Network drive. My question is how do I delete this disconnected network drive so I can re-map it again with the correct URL.

***Original title: Previously mapped network drive now showing as disconnected but is still readable and writable.***

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Hi Trent,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand your query related to deleting the Mapped drive from the PC.

One of the things that you can try is to delete the drive using command prompt. Kindly follow the steps mentioned below.

Press Windows + S key together and type CMD.
Now right click on it and select Run as administrator.
Accept the UAC prompts.
Type in the following command and hit Enter: net use M: /Delete
Restart the PC.

This should delete the Mapped drive from the PC and you should be able to add it again.

Let us know if you have any concerns, we will be glad to assist you.

Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

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