Thread: Script to point mapped drives to a new server

I am running new Windows Server 2003. I have some folders which I have moved from old server to new Windows Server 2003, but users are mapping to old server name. So, I want a script which will automatically replaces a certain server name with a new server name. One of the user has mapped on his system as “scans on ‘nws’ (T:\)”. Now the new server name is nws2. How can I replace this? Please help me.

First delete the current mapped drive and then create a new mapped drive. Below are the commands:

To delete the current mapped drive:

net use T: \\nws\scans /delete

To create a new mapped drive to new server share:

net use T: \\nws2\scans


If you want the mapped drives to be permanent, then just add the switch /persistent:yes, like:

net use T: \nws2\scans /PERSISTENT:YES