How to Map Network Drive using Dot Net Framework
$driveLetter='T'
$smbPath='\\FILESERVER\SHARENAME'
$username='DOMAIN\USERNAME'
$password='PASSWORD'
$networkDrivesObject = new-object -ComObject WScript.Network
$networkDrivesObject.MapNetworkDrive($driveLetter, $smbPath, "true", $username, $password)
How to Remove Network Drive using Dot Net Framework
$driveLetter='T'
$networkDrivesObject = new-object -ComObject WScript.Network
$networkDrivesObject.RemoveNetworkDrive("$driveLetter`:",$True,$True) # Unmap
Troubleshooting
Errors:
Exception calling "RemoveNetworkDrive" with "3" argument(s): "This network connection does not exist.
"
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+ $networkDrivesObject.RemoveNetworkDrive("$driveLetter`:",$True,$True)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
$driveLetter='T'
Remove-PSDrive $driveLetter -PSProvider FileSystem -Scope Global -Verbose
VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove Drive" on target "Name: T Provider: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem
Root: T:\".
Remove-SMBMapping $driveLetter -Force -verbose
Remove-SMBMapping : No MSFT_SmbMapping objects found with property 'LocalPath' equal to 'T'. Verify the value of the
property and retry.
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+ Remove-SMBMapping $driveLetter -Force -verbose
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (T:String) [Remove-SmbMapping], CimJobException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CmdletizationQuery_NotFound_LocalPath,Remove-SmbMapping
Resolution:
Simply reboot the computer and retry the Remove-PSDrive $driveLetter command.
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