how do I force a drive to reconnect?

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how do I force a drive to reconnect?

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ever since windows 10 (I literally never had windows shares fail to reconnect in 7 and xp(never had a share set up prior to xp)) there is this odd and obviously **** error when leaving the wifi and coming back when a share is saved
"cannot connect network name is in use" and obviously it is in use, but by the very share you are trying to connect to so it shouldn't be possible to conflict it should just reconnect
why is the only refresh routine to reboot the entire computer just to reconnect when your connection goes down for a fraction of a second?
microsoft coders, restarting should be the LAST resort
restarting every 5 minutes should literally never be a thing
most updates that force you to restart can literally be applied by a manual restart of the affected service with no reboot
stop forcing reboots rather than fixing the goddam issue
if it is just an obscure setting to have a network drive work for all users and command line and never need a reboot to reconnect then explain it
if it is a coding bug then **** fix it
restarting is not nor ever should be a solution for crappy code

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Hello, I'm Felipe and I'm an Independent Community Advisor, and I'll do my best to help you.

To force a drive to reconnect, you can try the following steps:

Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows key + R.

Type "cmd" and press Enter to open the Command Prompt.

Type "net use" and press Enter to see a list of all mapped network drives.

Find the drive you want to reconnect and take note of its name.

Type "net use <drive letter>: /delete" and press Enter to delete the mapping.

Type "net use <drive letter>: \server\share /persistent:yes" and press Enter to

recreate the mapping with the "persistent" option, which should keep the mapping

alive even after a disconnect.

Regarding your issue with network shares not reconnecting after a brief disconnect, this could be caused by a number of factors such as network configuration or security settings. You may want to check your network adapter properties to ensure that it is not being powered off to save energy, which could cause a disconnect. Additionally, you can try adjusting the network security settings to allow for better connectivity.

As for the other issues you mentioned, it's difficult to provide specific solutions without more information. It's possible that there may be underlying coding or configuration issues causing the problems you're experiencing, so it may be worth reaching out to Microsoft support for assistance.

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