Stop a network drive from automatically mapping

Question

I have a network drive that I originally set to automatically connect on login. However, now I need it to stop doing that. Even if I manually un-mount it as soon as I log back on it is back.

To mount the drives all I did was right click on My Computer and choose mount a network drive. Once I entered the path information I checked reconnect after login. Now it reconnects every time I log in.

I have multiple drives that I auto mount in this manner and I need to prevent just one of them from mounting on boot.

Solution 1

How are you unmounting? Have you tried simply:

net use /d z:

Solution 2

From How to connect and disconnect a network drive in Windows XP:

Disconnect from a mapped network drive

1. Double-click My Computer.
2. Right-click the icon for the mapped drive.
3. Click Disconnect.

If it still returns, do :

net use /persistent:no

and then reboot. When you now log in, all of your mapped drives should be gone and you can remap the ones you need.

Solution 3

Remount the drive as before, but leave the "[] Reconnect at logon" box UNCHECKED. It will give a warning, but replace it anyway. On the next logon, it will be gone.

Comments

[JMD]

What method are you using to un-mount it?

[tvanover]

right click and choose unmount.

[tvanover]

no I just mounted it by right clicking on my computer and told it to mount on login

[tvanover]

How do I prevent this from stopping the rest of my drives from auto-mounting?

[tvanover]

no script, just right click on my computer and frollow the mount network drive wizard. there is an option to mount on login that I chose.

[TheModularMind]

No, you can do this selectively as far as I know, just specify the drive letter, like you would for mounting/mapping in the first place, so: net use x: \\server\path /persistent:no will map this just once and not persist, then net use x: /del will get rid of that drive alone (you may have to do steps 2, 1, 2 since you already have it mapped)