GPO not removing network drives

I have used a vbscript to remove the network drives that are currently connected on a users machine and then connect to the new drives on our new server. The script is fully functioning when run manually, but whenever I put it in a GPO the script seems
to skip over the part where it removes the other drives. I even placed that line of code before the mapping of new network drives in order to test that it's not getting caught up on that particular line and stopping but the rest of the file is still run and
all drives are mapped after that. Can anyone help me figure out why this isn't working?

Hi,
Using Group Policy Preferences, you can remove or replace the existing mapped drives for users using actions "Delete" and "Replace" respectively.
Delete - Remove a mapped drive for users.
Replace - Delete and recreate mapped drives for users. The net result of the Replace action is to overwrite all existing settings associated with the mapped drive. If the drive mapping does not exist, then the Replace action creates
a new drive mapping.
Checkout the below link on Technet article for more information on mapped drive options using Group Policy preferences,
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770902.aspx
Regards,
Gopi
JiJi
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