How to delete the old network drive and add new one with one command in cmd?

Question

Hello,
How could I delete the old network drive and add the new with one command in cmd, is this even possible ?

Best Regards

Answer 1

Hi @Szymon Rabiza ,

To add and delete a network drive with cmd you can make use of the net use commands.

net use z: /delete && net use z: \\servername\share

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Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

Hello, @Szymon Rabiza and all.
Further to the archived thread at <https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f4460a73-6a42-47f8-950b-2f18e03c0a7e/impossible-to-remove-a-persistent-network-drive-mapping-when-logged-on-disconnected?forum=win10itprogeneral> and the above answers; you may wish to use the following commands.

Net Use z: /Delete
Mountvol z: /d
if not exist z:\ (Net Use z: \servername\share /Persistent:YES)

These three lines can be concatenated into a single command line expression, by using ampersands (&).

I have struggled for the last six months and have developed an elaborate batch file to remap my home network drives on my laptop; as Windows 10 doesn't always find them again. Today, the referenced archived thread pointed me to using both Net Use /d and Mountvol /d — as a pair. Kudos to @Giacomo and @Grajon, as the net use and mountvol pair obviates the need to stop and restart file Explorer; which itself introduces other (potential) issues!

Best regards,
BosunDoug

PS. Per the original/archived thread, I too suspect this is an unresolved Windows 10 bug.

Answer 3

Hi，
You may refer to LeonLaude’s answer: net use z: /delete && net use z: \servername\share.

Best Regards,
Mulder Zhang

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