Comments on: How To: Force Windows to Forget a Network Share Password http://r3dux.org/2009/07/how-to-force-windows-to-forget-a-network-share-password/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-force-windows-to-forget-a-network-share-password A number-pimping side project from the valleys in *NEW* upside-down flavour. Wed, 23 May 2012 08:20:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: r3dux http://r3dux.org/2009/07/how-to-force-windows-to-forget-a-network-share-password/#comment-7379 r3dux Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:27:43 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=795#comment-7379 That's a nuisance. It looks like you can fix this up via the registry though (using regedit) - I don't know how comfortable you are hacking around in the registry, but as long as backup the registry first and only change/delete the specified keys you should be fine: <h4>Option 1</h4> <blockquote>I had the same problem on a couple of my machines. Here is how I fixed my computer: I went into the registry and looked under: HKEY_USERS\..\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Network\Persistent Connections for each user listed. In one of the users, it had a key named Save Settings. The value of this key was NO. I deleted the key and rebooted my machine. My login script ran fine this time and the "Disconnected Network Drive" disappeared and I was able to map a new drive to that drive letter. Hope this helps. Dale</blockquote> Source: <a href="http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/disconnected-network-drives-t1871516.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/disconnected-network-drives-t1871516.html</a> <h4>Option 2</h4> <blockquote>First and foremost, back up your registry!! Then open regedit and search for Mountpoint key in the \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer folder find the share you need removed and delete it.</blockquote> Source: <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/53427-45-remove-network-drive" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/53427-45-remove-network-drive</a> Hope this helps. That’s a nuisance. It looks like you can fix this up via the registry though (using regedit) – I don’t know how comfortable you are hacking around in the registry, but as long as backup the registry first and only change/delete the specified keys you should be fine:

Option 1

I had the same problem on a couple of my machines. Here is how I fixed my computer:

I went into the registry and looked under:
HKEY_USERS\..\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Network\Persistent Connections
for each user listed. In one of the users, it had a key named Save Settings. The value of this key was NO. I deleted the key and rebooted my machine.

My login script ran fine this time and the “Disconnected Network Drive” disappeared and I was able to map a new drive to that drive letter.

Hope this helps.

Dale

Source: http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/disconnected-network-drives-t1871516.html

Option 2

First and foremost, back up your registry!! Then open regedit and search for Mountpoint key in the \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer folder find the share you need removed and delete it.

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/53427-45-remove-network-drive

Hope this helps.

]]> By: James http://r3dux.org/2009/07/how-to-force-windows-to-forget-a-network-share-password/#comment-7378 James Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:34:02 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=795#comment-7378 Hey. Looks great, exactly what I want. But doesn't work for me I'm on a laptop running windows 7, wirelessly connected to a WAP, which is connected to a router, to which are connected other computers. No central server - small home network. Windows 7 explorer can see the target computer (\\HEN) but i tried logging in once and stupidly ticked remember credentials, not it wont let me in and I can't change them. Think it doesn't like my password on the networked computer being blank. But typing your commands into the prompt returns a message "The network connection could not be found. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2250." typing that simply returns the same message but without the "more help available" part. Doesnt matter if I start from C\Windows or C\James. Would I need to be in CMD as an admin? don't really want to do that. Any ideas? Thanks, James Hey.
Looks great, exactly what I want. But doesn’t work for me
I’m on a laptop running windows 7, wirelessly connected to a WAP, which is connected to a router, to which are connected other computers. No central server – small home network.
Windows 7 explorer can see the target computer (\\HEN) but i tried logging in once and stupidly ticked remember credentials, not it wont let me in and I can’t change them. Think it doesn’t like my password on the networked computer being blank.
But typing your commands into the prompt returns a message “The network connection could not be found. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2250.” typing that simply returns the same message but without the “more help available” part.
Doesnt matter if I start from C\Windows or C\James. Would I need to be in CMD as an admin? don’t really want to do that.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

James

]]> By: Hans Vereyken http://r3dux.org/2009/07/how-to-force-windows-to-forget-a-network-share-password/#comment-5694 Hans Vereyken Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:33:18 +0000 http://r3dux.org/?p=795#comment-5694 Thanks, this helped me setting up my FreeNAS. I have guest account enabled for some shares, other shares are private, but since windows stored the guest credentials I wasn't able to login to the private ones, permission denied. This solved it :-) Thanks, this helped me setting up my FreeNAS.
I have guest account enabled for some shares, other shares are private, but since windows stored the guest credentials I wasn’t able to login to the private ones, permission denied. This solved it :-)

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