On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:26:05 -0700, DonR <DonR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have read "Most" of your blog of Pchuck's Network and it is quite impressive.
>May I please ask the question again?
>
>Environment
>p2p server with Winxppro SFS shared directory c:\users\don\my Documents\Word
>or Excel or any other sub directory.
>
>The xp clients have no problems.
>
>The vista business clients can creat a file in word, excel, notepad, or
>wordpad and call that file up and change the data and save it again.
>
>The Vista clients only can not using vista windows explorer rename a file or
>move a file. The Vista clients can not rename a directory, or move a
>directory.
>
>The following error occurs - In vista's windows explorer if you try to
>create a file, rename an existing file, or rename an existing directory.
>"\\WinXPProPeertoPeerServer\user\My Doucments\folder does not exist. The
>file may have been moved or deleted." " Do you want to create it?"
>
>Why are the XP clients able to rename and move files and directories when
>the vista clients can't?
>
>Thank you
>
>Don
Don,
I think I see the problem. Follow me here.
Under Windows XP, personal storage is "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\", but
under Windows Vista it's "c:\Users\Username".
Typically, you don't access personal storage across the LAN anyway.
1) The server has to be running Advanced File Sharing (PPS Enabled).
2) The client has to be logged in with a non-Guest account that has
administrative access on the server.
Read my article carefully please, it's new. ;-)
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/07/windows-vista-and-personal-storage.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...l-storage.html
The key word is "junction point".
Under Vista, "C:\Documents and Settings" is a junction point for "C:\Users".
Any software thinks it's looking at "C:\Documents and
Settings\Whoever\Whatever\" is REALLY being given "C:\Users\Whoever\Whatever".
If a computer running Windows Vista is asked for a file in "C:\Documents and
Settings", it's going to look in "C:\Users". It goes to a computer running
Windows XP, and asks for "C:\Users\whatever", and that computer says
"\\WinXPProPeertoPeerServer\user\My Doucments\folder does not exist.", which is
correct.
The computers running Windows XP, on the other hand, know to only ask for
"C:\Documents and Settings\Whoever\Whatever".
Do you follow me?
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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