How do you remove/delete a mount point in windows

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I am looking for a way to remove a mount point (with either powershell/wmi/C#). I used the win32_volume to find what volumes have mount points and can find the path there (under name and caption) but I can't figure out how to delete those mount points. The win32_volume namespace has a method to create them but nothing to delete. The win32_mountpoints is read only. Haven't had any luck finding a solution.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '10 at 01:40

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The PowerShell Community Extensions has a Remove-MountPoint cmdlet.

answered Jun 25 '10 at 01:40

Keith Hill

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '12 at 14:54

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http://jrich523.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/powershell-remove-a-drive-mountletter-more-win32/

I converted it to pure powershell so there is no dependencies on external modules.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 30 '19 at 09:29

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Below is the powershell commands to remove mount points

# remove the mount point
$Driveletter='E'
Get-Volume -Drive $DriveLetter | Get-Partition | Remove-PartitionAccessPath -accesspath "$DriveLetter`:\"

answered Aug 30 '19 at 09:29

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These cmdlets are not available to me (Windows 2008 R2, PowerShell 5). – Joost Aug 30 '19 at 14:50
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@Joost Powershell cmdlets are specific to OS. This cmdlet available from windows 2012 onwards – Samselvaprabu Sep 03 '19 at 09:46

How do you remove/delete a mount point in windows

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