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and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a drive letter already in use question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How do I resolve the error “The local device name is already in use.”? up vote 22 down vote favorite 4 I try to map a network microsoft windows network the local device name is already in use windows 7 resource to my local device. I receive the following error: The local device name is already in use. I have the problem to find which purpose the device is used for. I try a command net use and do not see it in the list, therefore, it is not mapped to a network resource. Does anybody know how to see the list of all used devices in Windows 7? windows-7 network-shares share|improve this question edited Jun 18 '12 at 22:17 Oliver Salzburg♦ 56.1k35185245 asked Feb
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1 '11 at 14:27 Tim 3312415 net use is the typical way to check. I'm not sure why it would be claiming to be in use if it is not there. –Jeff F. Feb 1 '11 at 14:30 @Jeff: exactly, also not clear for me –Tim Feb 1 '11 at 14:34 @Tim silly question: Have you rebooted? Also have you ensured that no physical device is using that letter(in disk management) –Jeff F. Feb 1 '11 at 14:37 @Jeff: I use 2 physical disks that are partitioned into C:\ and V:\ correspondingly + 2 network resources that are mapped to W:\ and Z:\ as you see there is no I:\ among them. Why do I have to reboot? –Tim Feb 1 '11 at 14:42 @Tim reboots have been the universal MS fixer since 3.0 :) –Jeff F. Feb 1 '11 at 14:43 | show 9 more comments 10 Answers 10 active oldest votes up vote 17 down vote You need to remap the drive. First: net use * /delete Then remap it using net use again: net use Z: \\server\share /user:username password share|improve this answer edited Oct 13 '11 at 5:05 8088 12.4k113554 answered Oct 12 '11 at 17:03 dekyos 17113 thank you sir!! I had disconnected a device from the gui, but the device name was "already in use". –Stefanos Kalantzis Mar 15 '12 at 13:36 thanks dekyos, this helped me too –DextrousDave Aug 16 '13
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0 Sign in to vote I am trying to view files on a shared folder but I receive the following error: [Restoring Network Connections] ""\\MM-Server\Company\ http://superuser.com/questions/240383/how-do-i-resolve-the-error-the-local-device-name-is-already-in-use Microsoft Windows Network: The local device is already in use. This connection has been restored." I can view this same folder on another computer. I have tried to delete and remap the drive but I can't view on this one machine. This computer is a HP Pavilion P7 AMD QC A6-3600 https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/2447369b-c6b6-4934-a763-465c12f4cebb/cant-read-mapped-drive-error-message-the-local-device-name-is-already-in-use?forum=w7itpronetworking desktop running windows 7 home premium. All of the other client computers are running Windows XP or Windows 7. Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:38 AM Reply | Quote Answers 2 Sign in to vote Go to command prompt type net use if you have any network drives listed delete them with net use F: /delete. Go through link to help with the issue as well after the fact. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/c6da707b-5224-40f5-8d0e-e8985453221d/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684 Proposed as answer by Lionel Pinkhard Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:12 AM Marked as answer by Cloud_TSModerator Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:46 AM Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:09 AM Reply | Quote All replies 0 Sign in to vote I recently purchased a new desktop for the office and can not get Peachtree's accounting software running. When installing, it will ask for the folder location for the company data saved on the server. When I point to the location, the system just "fre
we highly recommend that you visit our Guide for New Members. "Local device name already in use" error Discussion in 'Networking' https://forums.techguy.org/threads/local-device-name-already-in-use-error.286918/ started by JT Cole, Oct 20, 2004. Thread Status: Not open for further http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/416803/mapped-drive-wont-stay-connceted/ replies. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Advertisement JT Cole Thread Starter Joined: Aug 18, 2002 Messages: 123 I am at work on a new computer running XP Service Pack 2 and I'm having problems connecting to our server. When I try to go to these drives I get already in the message "Local device name is already in use. " "This connection cannot be restored." These shortcuts worked yesterday which was the first day I hooked this computer up, now they don't for some reason. Our "IT" people don't know a whole lot because they are really just our accounting department so I'm trying this route. Also, I can still access the internet and already in use email which is routed through our network just not the network drives. JT Cole, Oct 20, 2004 #1 Sponsor 5mi11er Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Messages: 521 Did you disconnect the laptop from the network, put it in standby mode or hibernate, (for instance to take it home), then come in and simply reattach and unlock the computer? If so, the Domain Controller (aka Active Directory Server) has probably forgotten your credentials. Try to logout, then log back in, or deleting the shares and reconnecting to them sometimes works as well. If those don't work, try rebooting. -Scott 5mi11er, Oct 20, 2004 #2 marklab Joined: Sep 25, 2002 Messages: 244 Sounds like the computer is trying to map a drive that already exists. Go to, "My Computer" then look at the drives there. If any of them have a red X right click them and click disconnect. marklab, Oct 20, 2004 #3 JT Cole Thread Starter Joined: Aug 18, 2002 Messages: 123 I already rebooted and logged out and back in and all that but none of it worked. This is not a laptop, its just a regular deskto
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