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i need check if a network drive is mapped and accessible. From time to time windows displays a red X on the drive, and i would need to manually click the drive in explorer to reconnect.
I already found solutions which involve editing the registry which unfortunately isn´t possible.
So i would need a batch file checking for connection, and (re-)mounting the drive. What i´m using at the moment:
IF NOT EXIST z: net use z: \\10.211.55.5\test
I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.
To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.
If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.
Examples
c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\" (finds all files opened from drive e:\"c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"
Best Answer
Just an idea, how about attempting to
cdinto the network share from within the batch script? I suspect that should connect and update the state of the network share for explorer to show that it is connected.I suspect the registry solutions were something like the following article?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684
If you can't use the registry however, try the above and see if that re-establishes connection to the network share.