removing a user shared folder

14 Oct 2005 12:56 PM

rmwatrich

In my event viewer server 2003 I get the following error

The server service was unable to recreate the share (username) because the
directory no longer exists. Please run net share to delete the share or
recreate the directory.

This person had a shared drive created for them. They no longer work here
so they have been removed from active directory and their shared drive has
been removed as well. Is there somewhere else that they need to be removed
from as they are still being recognized.

14 Oct 2005 1:10 PM

Eric G. Harrison

Go to Computer Management (in Administrative Tools) and go into the System
Tools->Shared Folders->Shares section. You'll find a share that points to
the shared drive that no longer exists. Just right click and choose Stop
Sharing. After that you should be all fixed up.

Good luck! - Eric.

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"rmwatrich" wrote:

> In my event viewer server 2003 I get the following error
>
> The server service was unable to recreate the share (username) because the
> directory no longer exists. Please run net share to delete the share or
> recreate the directory.
>
>
> This person had a shared drive created for them. They no longer work here
> so they have been removed from active directory and their shared drive has
> been removed as well. Is there somewhere else that they need to be removed
> from as they are still being recognized.
>
>
>

14 Oct 2005 1:29 PM

rmwatrich

I did that before I posted this message. The people who have been deleted
from AD are not in the shares section. After I performed some security
updates to the server and the server rebooted the event viewer displayed the
messages about the users still being there but they are not in the section
you mentioned but I find traces of them in the registry.

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"Eric G. Harrison" <EricGHarri***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Go to Computer Management (in Administrative Tools) and go into the System
> Tools->Shared Folders->Shares section. You'll find a share that points to
> the shared drive that no longer exists. Just right click and choose Stop
> Sharing. After that you should be all fixed up.
>
> Good luck! - Eric.
>
> "rmwatrich" wrote:
>
>> In my event viewer server 2003 I get the following error
>>
>> The server service was unable to recreate the share (username) because
>> the
>> directory no longer exists. Please run net share to delete the share or
>> recreate the directory.
>>
>>
>> This person had a shared drive created for them. They no longer work
>> here
>> so they have been removed from active directory and their shared drive
>> has
>> been removed as well. Is there somewhere else that they need to be
>> removed
>> from as they are still being recognized.
>>
>>
>>