How to un-map a Disconnected Drive in Windows 7 that reads as connected

Hello,
I wanted to know if anyone has found a way to un-map a network drive that is mapped with a red X? When you try to disconnect the drive with the red x, Windows indicates that the drive does not exist. The only solution is to reboot windows.
If anyone knows how to delete a non-connected X'd out drive that Windows indicates is not connected please let me know?

Thank you for the response.
A reboot of the machine, or having the user log off and back on fixes the issue. I am looking for a solution that does not require the machine to be rebooted in order to save time.
For example:
We map a O: drive via login script in the office for a laptop. Once the user takes the laptop out of the office and logs in
sometimes their O: drive is X'd out and sometimes the O: drive is not listed under my computer. The User then runs a script to delete the O: drive on the laptop after connecting to VPN
(net use O: /delete). This is run incase there is a O: drive currently connected or X'd out and not connected. Towards the end of the script script when subst O:/D: is run
sometimes the script fails becasue the drive is currently in use. When the user tries to disconnect the O: drive windows indicates that the O: drive does not exist.
I am looking for a way to remove the X'd out O: drive that will not disconnect from windows. Windows indicates that the drive already exists when you try to map another O: drive or substitute the drive. When you try to disconnect the O:
drive windows indicates that the network drive does not exist but it is still there X'd out.

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