Removing mapped drives in windows xp

By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail. Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden. Students Click Here. I'm using XP Home and I've got 5 mapped drives listed that I no longer use but I can't find any way to remove them from the list! Am I missing something really obvious? You can't right-click and do Delete, how do you get rid of them? Go into regedit. See: FAQ Always good to see you member carr. Now THAT is good info. The drives in question appear in My Computer, I just want to remove them from the list.

Maybe its because the computer is not available. This may be stupid, as I am not as well versed as I would like to be, but, If you have a script running that maps drives, you can delete all you want but when you log back on they come right back.

Have you tried deleting them through Network Neighborhood instead of My Computer? Play detective a little bit here. To get rid of the CD Rom, go into Device manager and disable the device. Regards, Mark. Red Flag This Post Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate.

One-by-one, delete each string value associated with a drive mapping by selecting it and pressing the Delete key. Each entry will have the name of a letter of the alphabet, e. Delete the text in the Value Data text box and click OK. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows. Miss a Windows XP tip? Editor's Picks. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.

Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Open Computer by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Computer.

Click Map network drive. In the Drive list, click a drive letter. In the Folder box, type the path of the folder or computer, or click Browse to find the folder or computer. To connect every time you log on to your computer, select the Reconnect at logon check box. Click Finish. This thread is locked.