Dismissing network drives when unplugged

[HansV]

Oh, OK. The command explorer.exe simply (re)starts the Windows interface.
You could *add* another command to open the Explorer window:

explorer.exe %userprofile%\documents

[Rudi]

TX
Will try it in due course.

Cheers

[Rudi]

Still gotta test John's last theory, but happy to say I now have a fully working script that clear the disconnected drives and reloads the explorer window. I thought I'd cover all bases with the original Net Use * command and the kill explorer.

TX all for your assistance.

@echo OFF
net use * /DELETE /Y
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
START explorer.exe
START explorer.exe %userprofile%\documents

[HansV]

Nice!

[John Gray]

Still gotta test John's last theory...

Theory??
See below the third screen grab.

"The previous commands are not persistent, this means that the minute you reboot your PC the shares will disappear from your computer. To get the shares to survive a reboot, you need to add use the persistent switch."

[Rudi]

TX John.
I will look into it. (I want to test it while at home)

[Rudi]

Hi John,

According to the network technicians, the mappings are not persistent. The other thing is that I don't reboot my PC when I go home; I simply close the lid and it sleeps. The taskkill is fortunately working quite well now. TX for your advice.

[John Gray]

Ah - if you don't power off your laptop, then all bets are off...!