Not able to map Network Drive? Read on..

Ever got this problem while mapping a network drive:

The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password.To connect using a different user name and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share.

And when you see your network mappings, strangely the drive is not mapped :(

Well, the solution is old reliable DOS commands. here it goes:

> net use
> net use \\SharedDrive /delete

net use command displays a list of all mapped drive. there will be a IPC$ mapping for the drive you want to connect to. Just delete the sharing and then you will be able to connect to the server.

FYI: The Inter-Process Communication (IPC) share or ipc$ is a network share on computers running Microsoft Windows. This share is used to facilitate communication between processes and computers, often to exchange authentication data between computers.