The date and time was 6/2/2008 7:44 PM, and on a whim, tshad pounded out
on the keyboard:
> "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message
> news:umXtBHMxIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> The date and time was 6/2/2008 1:46 AM, and on a whim, tshad pounded out
>> on the keyboard:
>>
>>> I am having problems with my XP File system, especially in Office 2007.
>>>
>>> In Windows explorer I have a bunch of shares showing below "My Network
>>> Places" and "Entire Network" that don't exist. I keep getting "Network
>>> Path was not found" when I try to select it or right click it(after about
>>> 30 seconds).
>>>
>>> I am trying to get rid of them.
>>>
>>> How do I do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Are they shares or drives? If drives, have you right-clicked and selected
>> "Disconnect"?
>>
>> If shares, right click on My Computer and select "Manage". Under System
>> tools, Shared folders, Shares, right click on the non-existent shares and
>> select "Stop Sharing".
>>
> They are shares but not shares on my machine, but old shares of old machines
> (not a mapped drive).
>
> It will be something like:
>
> Customers on CompanyServer
>
> where the share is Customers on the CompanyServer.
>
> but that server isn't there anymore, but my Windows Explorer is showing them
> and if I click on it (left or right) it will freeze for about a minute then
> come back saying that the network path was not found.
>
> But when I close the window and try again I get the same problem. I think
> this is causing some of my slowness problem as there are about 4 shares like
> this.
>
> I think when you bring up a Windows Explorer window, it takes a while
> because it is waiting to see if it can connect.
>
> There is one that I would like to not get rid of as it will be there when I
> connect my VPN, but I want it to not keep checking if it is there. I do
> want it there when I connect my VPN. I don't want to have to remember what
> the share was. Is there a way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
Explorer is trying to connect, and that is the main reason for the
delay. Remember, even the one missing via the VPN will cause a
significant delay. It would be better to create a script that you can
launch from the Desktop to connect to the network share while using the VPN.
First create a Restore Point. Then
open regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WorkgroupCrawler\Shares
Are the shares listed there? If so, remove them. Also check:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\lanmanserver\Shares
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\lanmanserver\Shares
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet004\Services\lanmanserver\Shares
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\Shares
Are the shares listed there? If so, remove them.
Report back,
--
Terry R.
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