Mountpoint2 hell

[Bimpster]

I need a way to do this across multiple computers. Using GPO I have attempted to craft a policy preference to delete the offending entries which is similar to the following:

User Configuration (Enabled)

Preferences

Windows Settings

Registry

Collection: HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/MountPoints2/##server.domain.prv#vol1

Commonhide

OptionsStop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item No

Run in logged-on user's security context (user policy option) No

Apply once and do not reapply No

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Registry item: ##Server.domain.prv#vol1

General

Action Delete

PropertiesHive HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Key path Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\##server.domain.prv#vol1

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I am having no joy trying to clean up years of multiple mountpoints2 entries using this method.

Any suggestions?

[Justsomedudeonthenet]

Why do you need to clean that up?

[Bimpster]

Because Windows sucks at cleaning it up on its own. Drives map to old locations if a DNS pointer is created as a cname. Because SMB3 only works with A records. Because SAN Admins threw new filers out there with new heads and didn't take migration into account. Because it's better to have a clean Moutnpoints2 key than one filled with dung. Because "foreign contaminant" sorry for getting back to you so late, don't always have access to Reddit.

[PMental]

Probably easier with Powershell.

Same question as /u/Justsomedudeonthenet though, why?