Hidden duplicate network drives without assigned letter

I have a computer at work that is connected to duplicate mapped drives. We discovered a network path error when trying to make relative links in Acrobat. The computer folder showed all the correct network paths. When I used the 'net use' command
in cmd it showed duplicate mapped drives without out assigned letters that didn't appear in the GUI. Below is an example (Leaving out most of the drive names for security purposes). The two drives at the bottom are duplicates of the P: drive. I deleted these
duplicates in in the cmd window, but it has happened again and we can't figure it out. Can anyone tell me why?
Status Local Remote Network
OK P: \\p GING Microsoft Windows Network
OK R: \\p Microsoft Windows Network
OK S: \\P Microsoft Windows Network
OK W: \\c Microsoft Windows Network
OK Y: \\p Microsoft Windows Network
OK \\p GING Microsoft Windows Network
OK \\p GING Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
Thanks,
Kevin

Hi,
Have you tried to use another user account to check?
You could modify the registry value of mapped drivers to see if this issue persists:
Note: please backup the registry before performing the any modification.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Map Network Drive MRU
In the registry value, you could clear the duplicated drive path.
Regards
v-yamliu

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