Mapping Drives and Printers

[discoveranother]

Hi all,

 

We are putting in a Windows 2016 server, upgrading from Windows 2008. Would like a script or best way to remove old drive mappings and printers that sometimes still show from existing server when users login to their PCs or laptops. We use Group Policy to map the drives but have noticed in the past some mappings to old servers still show. For example, a laptop may show an old drive mapping of \\serverA\finance which the user no longer needs and because of this, sometimes doesn't pick up the new drive mapping of \\serverB\finance ?

 

Many thanks

[thimon]

If the old drive and the new drive use the same letter, under User Config > Pref > Windows Settings > Drive Maps set F (as an example) to be deleted, then F to be applied and set the location and applied to whichever security group if need be. We've just moved away from drive mapping and use this method to delete all old drives, now using Network Location shortcuts instead.

[DJ-1701]

I'll take "What is GPP?" for 500, Bob.

 

[discoveranother]

If the old drive and the new drive use the same letter, under User Config > Pref > Windows Settings > Drive Maps set F (as an example) to be deleted, then F to be applied and set the location and applied to whichever security group if need be. We've just moved away from drive mapping and use this method to delete all old drives, now using Network Location shortcuts instead.

 

 

Thank you for that. Is the Network Location Shortcuts done via GP ?

[thimon]

Thank you for that. Is the Network Location Shortcuts done via GP ?

Yarp. User Config > Preferences > Windows Settings > Shortcuts. Create a new shortcut, Target Type: File System Object. Location: My Network Places. Target Path: \\server\\sharefolder Under Common select Item-level targeting and apply to certain security groups (if you want)

[discoveranother]

Yarp. User Config > Preferences > Windows Settings > Shortcuts. Create a new shortcut, Target Type: File System Object. Location: My Network Places. Target Path: \\server\\sharefolder Under Common select Item-level targeting and apply to certain security groups (if you want)

 

 

 

Thanking you

[discoveranother]

If the old drive and the new drive use the same letter, under User Config > Pref > Windows Settings > Drive Maps set F (as an example) to be deleted, then F to be applied and set the location and applied to whichever security group if need be. We've just moved away from drive mapping and use this method to delete all old drives, now using Network Location shortcuts instead.

 

 

Hello, if I may, where is the option to "set F (as an example) to be deleted, then F to be applied" I can't see this option in their. Thank you.

[thimon]

Hello, if I may, where is the option to "set F (as an example) to be deleted, then F to be applied" I can't see this option in their. Thank you.

 

It would need to be two separate actions. First, set whichever drive letter you want to be deleted by selecting delete from the action drop down list. Then as a separate second action, set the same drive letter to be mapped but to your new desired location.

 

I'm not at work for a week now, otherwise I would post a screenshot of our GPO sorry.

[discoveranother]

It would need to be two separate actions. First, set whichever drive letter you want to be deleted by selecting delete from the action drop down list. Then as a separate second action, set the same drive letter to be mapped but to your new desired location.

 

I'm not at work for a week now, otherwise I would post a screenshot of our GPO sorry.

 

Thank you, I will give that a try.