Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password

Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password

Windows: The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password
Windows 2000, XP, 2003:
Ok so if you have ever had this problem you know how really annoying it can be... You try to map a drive and you get this:

The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password.

You check your drives and there are NO Mapped drives to that computer at ALL! I have had this problem many times and one thing I found to fix it was to try and map the drive using the IP-address instead of the computer name... Well what if that fails? Go crazy and try a million things until it works. That's what I have always been forced to do until today! I finally found a solution (now granted this might not always be the problem, but I have a suspicion that it is the culprit more than not)...

Also, if you have more than one user, like on a domain or network, look in the other users profile, they may have it mapped in their as well. Simply delete the mapped drive in the other profiles. You must be logged into their profile to disconnect their mapped drive.

So I was working on this very problem and thought I would try the "net use" command in the command line... And I saw something interesting... There was a resource connected... IPC$ was connected... So I deleted that resource with "net use (resource name) /delete" and that did it! That fixed the problem and I was able to map the drive no problem... I think that IPC$ is used when you browse to the computer with network neighborhood but I'm not sure... I feel so much better now that I know what has been happening all of those frustrating hours I have fought this problem!