Remapped Network Drives display old name

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In news0F33DFF-7160-4A3C-9519-A01AABCE8C06@microsoft.com,
Kevin R Cunningham <Kevin R Cunningham@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> When user disconnects a network drive and then connects a new network
> drive to a different location using the same drive letter, Windows
> Explorer is still showing the old location next to the drive letter.
> The mapping itself is fine (contents of the drive are correct), but
> the drive description being wrong is causing some confusion.
>
> This is happening on a terminal services session accessed via Citrix
> metaframe. The server is running Windows 2000 Server SP4 and Citrix
> Metaframe Presentation Server 3- although I have seen what I beleve
> to be the same issue on our standard Windows XP desktop build.
>
> This would appear to be identical symptoms to those described in
> knowledge base article 306117 - but the cause/solution detailed are
> not applicable.
>
> Has anyone else come across this, and if so is there a known
> resolution?

My somewhat OT question is, why are users disconnecting & remapping drives
in the first place? Is this really necessary?

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In news:85DE685C-3F44-4FA6-BE4F-F51721F96598@microsoft.com,
Kevin R Cunningham <KevinRCunningham@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> There are valid reaons for this requirement. In the specific case I
> have been dealing with, this is server administrator logging on to
> our network through Citrix and performing tasks on a long list of
> servers (requiring a mapping to each one) - our admin guys usually
> have about 8 or 9 drives mapped by login script, so that doesn't
> leave too many letters of the alphabet to play with before old drives
> must be disconnected to allow further mappings to be made.

OK, well, I'd have to wonder why UNC paths wouldn't work, but that's beside
the point, I guess.
Does this happen *outside* of Citrix/TS ? Meaning, can you reproduce it on a
client workstation at the console?

>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news0F33DFF-7160-4A3C-9519-A01AABCE8C06@microsoft.com,
>> Kevin R Cunningham <Kevin R Cunningham@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> typed:
>>> When user disconnects a network drive and then connects a new
>>> network drive to a different location using the same drive letter,
>>> Windows Explorer is still showing the old location next to the
>>> drive letter. The mapping itself is fine (contents of the drive are
>>> correct), but the drive description being wrong is causing some
>>> confusion.
>>>
>>> This is happening on a terminal services session accessed via Citrix
>>> metaframe. The server is running Windows 2000 Server SP4 and Citrix
>>> Metaframe Presentation Server 3- although I have seen what I beleve
>>> to be the same issue on our standard Windows XP desktop build.
>>>
>>> This would appear to be identical symptoms to those described in
>>> knowledge base article 306117 - but the cause/solution detailed are
>>> not applicable.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else come across this, and if so is there a known
>>> resolution?
>>
>> My somewhat OT question is, why are users disconnecting & remapping
>> drives in the first place? Is this really necessary?