Displaying a network drive that has no letter

lukescammell · Post by **lukescammell** » 22 Jan 2007 14:45

Not for me, sorry.

Orson · Post by **Orson** » 22 Jan 2007 18:49

I see more shares with the latest beta. But I don't see the specific path that I'm trying to access. Strange, huh?

(By the way, yesterday I finally bought a license, so now I'm a full member of the club!)

Post by **admin** » 22 Jan 2007 20:08

Orson wrote:I see more shares with the latest beta. But I don't see the specific path that I'm trying to access. Strange, huh?

Extremely strange! Damn.
Do you have "show system files and folders" ON?

Thanks for joining the club!

Orson · Post by **Orson** » 22 Jan 2007 20:24

Yes, Show System Files and Folders is on. Also on: Show Hidden Drives, Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Post by **admin** » 22 Jan 2007 20:45

Orson wrote:Yes, Show System Files and Folders is on. Also on: Show Hidden Drives, Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Okay, the next beta will serve you a new selection of shares. Mi ultimo suspiro...

Post by **admin** » 25 Jan 2007 09:58

Orson wrote:Yes, Show System Files and Folders is on. Also on: Show Hidden Drives, Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Please feedback: do you see more than before with v5.50.0022??

lukescammell · Post by **lukescammell** » 25 Jan 2007 10:31

Nope.

I can see \\companyweb in the network neighbourhood list, but when I click on it it's still blank in the list view

Orson · Post by **Orson** » 25 Jan 2007 17:31

With .22, I can see more shares than I could see before. But I do not see the folder I'm looking for. XY only takes me to the first couple of folders or shares, and seems to stop there.

(And the full path does show up in Windows Explorer.)

Post by **admin** » 25 Jan 2007 18:43

Orson wrote:With .22, I can see more shares than I could see before. But I do not see the folder I'm looking for. XY only takes me to the first couple of folders or shares, and seems to stop there.

Weird. I mean, I have a *lot* of users that use the nethood without such problems.

1. How many folders are shown and how many should be shown?

2. It is assumed that all this is happening in the primary workgroup/domain. Correct?

Orson · Post by **Orson** » 25 Jan 2007 19:46

1. How many folders are shown and how many should be shown?

2. It is assumed that all this is happening in the primary workgroup/domain. Correct?

1. I'm afraid I cannot answer this with any precision. Sorry.... will try to piece together more info tomorrow (gone most of this day).

2. I would say the answer is no. This is a location not mapped to a letter drive and not normally a location I use or have access to. Yet again.... it shows up in Windows Explorer successfully. Sorry, but my limited expertise with Windows file and network conventions limits my ability to be more clear, I'm afraid.

What I may be able to do is ask our IT folks if there's anything "special" about the way they set up this location..... and then pass along what they tell me to you (but later).

lukescammell · Post by **lukescammell** » 26 Jan 2007 10:15

admin wrote:1. How many folders are shown and how many should be shown?

Just the top level computer, nothing else of the share is shown. Approx 9 other machines show with all the shares you would expect, including the main file server which is on the same machine as \\companyweb

admin wrote:2. It is assumed that all this is happening in the primary workgroup/domain. Correct?

Yes.

Post by **admin** » 26 Jan 2007 18:08

Orson wrote:2. I would say the answer is no. This is a location not mapped to a letter drive and not normally a location I use or have access to. ...

In WE nethood's (or "Network places") tree, you can see in which "workgroup" (or "domain") your server is located. I did not list this information in XY because I currently only support the primary/default workgroup.

Orson · Post by **Orson** » 02 Feb 2007 22:00

I've found out more info from our IT group about the network location that does not show up in XY but does show up in Windows Explorer: it's a virtual file system using Microsoft DFS.

Does this info give you any more to work with?

Orson

Post by **admin** » 03 Feb 2007 10:44

Orson wrote:I've found out more info from our IT group about the network location that does not show up in XY but does show up in Windows Explorer: it's a virtual file system using Microsoft DFS.

Does this info give you any more to work with?

Thanks. I'll see what I can do.