Mapped network drive cannot be accessed - letter appears to be in use?

My coworker has problems accessing our network drive. She'll go to open the network drive in Windows Explorer and it doesn't open. Usually, simply remapping the drive worked. Originally we thought the problem was that when her user account was set up, the logon script wasn't included. However, after the problem came back, now I would have to disconnect the drive before remapping it.





Today we ran into a new problem. Our network drive is the G drive, and when it wouldn't open I disconnected the drive, then went to remap it, but I could not select G from the list of drive letters. It still thinks the G drive is in use but it cannot be opened. I tried mapping the network drive as the I drive, and it worked fine.





Other drives in use:


C - hard drive


D - recovery partition


E - CD-ROM


F - External Hard Drive


G - disconnected network drive


H - home folder


I - mapped network drive


S - disconnected network drive





Any help would be much appreciated - thanks!

Mapped network drive cannot be accessed - letter appears to be in use?
Check the computer management area and see if the g: drive is still being used for something. If it is, right click on the drive and change the letter to one not being used, then try to re-map the company network drive with g:
Reply:Do you map thru windows? If so, don't. Mapping in windows is problematic because it maps prior to finishing bootup. Use net use to map drives instead. This may not be an answer to your question, but it may save you from issues with mapping in the future.
Reply:Perhaps you had a thumbdrive plugged in and it was assigned the letter G?





It is a best practice to start at the end of the alphabet when mapping networkdrives and work your way backwards. This way there is little chance of windows trying to assign a removable drive the same letter as any mapped drives you may have.