Windows 10 20H2 Network drives shows as not connected but it works fine
Network drive shows Not Connected (Red mark) once windows is logged in but it works fine without any issue, only problem is it shows as Not connected and unable to disconnect it.
Windows Version: Windows 10 20H2 (19042)
Windows OSWindows 10Networking* Fileshares* network location
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KC2TC
8/22/2022 - Mon
nobus
check event viewer for more info no errors in device manager? did you reboot the PC? did this happen after an update , or software install?
KC2TC
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No Errors in event viewer and Device manager. This happened in new 20H2 install and OS upgrade scenario too. The issue we are facing is similar to the issue. The solutions mentioned in the link also did not work Red X on mapped network drives. (microsoft.com)
Robert
This is one of those issues that keeps giving and I have seen it several times since around windows 7. Over the years there have been several things that cause this problem. (a quick google search off "red x on network drive" will show you how common it is) In general the following steps are what typically fixes it: On the server side run the following to disable the autodisconnect (run it from admin command prompt)
Then on the client side open regedit go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service\lanmanworkstation\parameters modify the KeepConn key to a higher value (this is the keep alive timeout)
Your situation may be different but i would start with the above and see if it helps. (you can always change it back)
I have also seen this a lot over the years... After a reboot, if the network is just a bit slow to finish loading, the OS sees that the drives didn't connect and marks them red... Windows just checks too early, and doesn't have any code to tell it to wait until the network stack is fully connected...
Nobus: disk management does not show mapped network drives.
KC2TC
ASKER
None of the steps mentioned above is fixing the issue. The issue is that I cannot disconnect and reconnect the drives.If we try to disconnect, it has below error.
Jason Johanknecht
I would run the usual SFC /scannow and then DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth from Power shell. Might be file or drive corruption. Another thought would be Windows repair FREE from tweaking.com
You can remove them from the registry then reboot. The location will vary depending on how it was mapped. HKCU\Network or HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\ or HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Map Network Drive MRU
You can also try to remove the map using the NET USE command (this will try to remove any mapped network drives) NET USE * /DEL /Y
no errors in device manager?
did you reboot the PC?
did this happen after an update , or software install?