Terminal server support

byates · Post by **byates** » 18 Mar 2007 01:10

Windows file explorer (and other utilities such as Beyond Compare) show the networked Terminal Server drives when using remote desktop. If you are not familiar with this, the remote machine can see all of the master machine's drives (its an option when connecting). XYplorer does not show the drives and I have not found a way to see them. I have to go back to Windows Explorer which is bad...

Post by **admin** » 23 Mar 2007 13:42

Try the next BETA. They might show now...

byates · Post by **byates** » 23 Mar 2007 16:19

I downloaded beta 5.80.0009 and it doesn't show terminal server drives. Is there a setting to enable them?

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 23 Mar 2007 16:59

byates, since you're fairly new here, you may not realize that sometimes people who have certain unique configs have to help Don work out the kinks as he doesn't have access to some of the odd setups that we use...
But...that's what makes XY such a good product and Don a GREAT developer, as he's sometimes willing to try to add features that he can't easily test himself...and this might fall into that category, but I'm just guessing..

byates · Post by **byates** » 23 Mar 2007 17:56

j_c_hallgren,

I would be more than happy to help with the debug of the terminal server driver issues. I just didn't think it was an odd setup

The problem is real easy to setup - you just need two machines running XP Pro. Enable remote desktop login on machine A (Control panel->system-Remote). Then log into machine A from machine B using "Remote Desktop Connection". In the settings for the connection enable local drive sharing.

Once the connection is made, the remote machine (A in our example) will 'see' all of the drives of the master machine (B in our example).

Here is what it looks like in Windows Explorer:

The drives that look like 'C on BRENT64' are the drives on the master machine. They are not shares and only exist during the remote session. The explorer view is from the remote machine. XYplorer shows none of those drives. By the way, I have already purchased XYplorer as its current feature set makes it well worth the price. I just tend to do a lot of development across multiple machines with remote desktop and going back to Windows Explorer is a pain.

Hope this helps!

Post by **admin** » 23 Mar 2007 21:09

byates wrote:I would be more than happy to help with the debug of the terminal server driver issues. I just didn't think it was an odd setup ...

Thanks for the screenshot and the purchase!

So your Terminal Servers show up under MyComputer -- I expected them under MyNetworkPlaces. Did you look there, too? To be sure, select MyNetworkPlaces in the tree and press F4 (will refresh the servers listing). If you still do not see them, hmm... I did what MS says:

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To retrieve the names of all the Terminal Servers in a domain, call the NetServerEnum function to enumerate servers of the SV_TYPE_TERMINALSERVER type.

Only that I did not specify a domain (other than the default domain). Are your Terminal Servers under a particular domain?

byates · Post by **byates** » 23 Mar 2007 21:37

We are not using a domain but the drives do show up under MyNetworkPlaces.

Post by **admin** » 23 Mar 2007 21:59

byates wrote:We are not using a domain but the drives do show up under MyNetworkPlaces.

You mean in Explorer, but still not in XYplorer? Or do you see them now?

byates · Post by **byates** » 23 Mar 2007 22:09

Sorry - I wasn't clear. The drives DO show up under MyNetworkPlaces in Windows Explorer and under My Computer. They do not show up anywhere in XYplorer.

More information:

I can open a DOS command window and type:

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dir \\tsclient\C

and I will get a list of the files on the client computer's drive C.

If I try to open "\\tsclient\C" in XYplorer (using the address bar) I get the following error message:

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Post by **admin** » 23 Mar 2007 22:18

byates wrote:If I try to open "\\tsclient\C" in XYplorer (using the address bar) I get the following error message: ...

Aha. From your shot it seems that XYplorer does see the tsclient computer (terminal server)! But it does not see the shares (shared drives) on that server.
Question: did XYplorer see tsclient under MyNetworkPlaces before version 5.80.0009, too?

byates · Post by **byates** » 23 Mar 2007 22:29

I get the exact same message (and screen view) with version 5.80.0000

byates · Post by **byates** » 23 Mar 2007 22:31

Oh, by the way, the tsclient server does not show up in XYplorer (under MyNetworkPlaces) until I try to access it using the address bar.

Post by **admin** » 23 Mar 2007 23:17

byates wrote:Oh, by the way, the tsclient server does not show up in XYplorer (under MyNetworkPlaces) until I try to access it using the address bar.

Okay, if this is true for 5.80.0009, too (even after pressing F4 on MyNetworkPlaces), then the SV_TYPE_TERMINALSERVER did not make any difference. Damn!

Looks bad for now. I can't go into a deeper research on this now, because other things have to be done first. But be sure that I'll fix it eventually... and thanks for helping!

bugger · Post by **bugger** » 21 May 2008 01:15

Reviving this thread as I just ran into the same issue in the latest version. Still loving XY, just wondering if this is still on the radar.

I do see the tsclient under My Network Places, and it even displays the folder listings in the left-hand tree-view pane. However clicking on any folder returns the "currently not available" message in the right hand pane.

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bugger · Post by **bugger** » 21 May 2008 01:18

By the way, this issue might be related to the fact that I can't copy and paste files between my client and the term server. Oh crap, I have to go back to Explorer when I need to do this, the horror....

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