Vista - Vista File Explorer and SharePoint Sites

It used to be possible with Windows XP to see my SharePoint sites via the
File Explorer. Though I'm able to see them when I do file operations in
Office 2007, I can't figure out any way to do so via the Vista File Explorer
itself.

Has anyone else run into this problem? Is it possible to see an Explorer
view of my SharePoint sites without having to do so from within Office 2007?

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

jl

Try this..



- Open My Computer

- Right Click -> Add a Network Location

- Next

- Choose a custom network location

- Enter a sharepoint site as copied from IE:
http://site/library/stuff/default.aspx

- Remove the pagefrom the URL in this example "default.aspx" click next


--
Josh


You never know what you might learn - http://windowsconnected.com

"jlitvak" <jlitvak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1122974-4A7C-40B7-930A-3EB832E51576@microsoft.com...
> It used to be possible with Windows XP to see my SharePoint sites via the
> File Explorer. Though I'm able to see them when I do file operations in
> Office 2007, I can't figure out any way to do so via the Vista File
> Explorer
> itself.
>
> Has anyone else run into this problem? Is it possible to see an Explorer
> view of my SharePoint sites without having to do so from within Office
> 2007?
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> jl

I have a sharepoint site hosted with http://www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/
and when I enter something like this url:
http://site/library/stuff/

for my site I get this error:

"The folder you entered does not appear to
be valid. Please choose another."

Has anyone gotton the "Add Network Location" wizard to actually work with a
sharepoint site???

-I think microsoft rolled out vista without this basic capability and that
is why no one is addressing the error message I keep seeing and that I have
read that other people are having.

-Nice job microsoft, vista cannot even do "network places" right anymore!!!!

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"Josh" wrote:

> Try this..
>
>
>
> - Open My Computer
>
> - Right Click -> Add a Network Location
>
> - Next
>
> - Choose a custom network location
>
> - Enter a sharepoint site as copied from IE:
> http://site/library/stuff/default.aspx
>
> - Remove the pagefrom the URL in this example "default.aspx" click next
>
>
> --
> Josh
>
>
> You never know what you might learn - http://windowsconnected.com
>
> "jlitvak" <jlitvak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1122974-4A7C-40B7-930A-3EB832E51576@microsoft.com...
> > It used to be possible with Windows XP to see my SharePoint sites via the
> > File Explorer. Though I'm able to see them when I do file operations in
> > Office 2007, I can't figure out any way to do so via the Vista File
> > Explorer
> > itself.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this problem? Is it possible to see an Explorer
> > view of my SharePoint sites without having to do so from within Office
> > 2007?
> >
> > Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
> >
> > jl
>

On Feb 10, 8:01 am, aspnetcharlie
<aspnetchar...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have a sharepoint site hosted withhttp://www.frontpages-web-hosting.net/
> and when I enter something like this url:http://site/library/stuff/
>
> for my site I get this error:
>
> "The folder you entered does not appear to
> be valid. Please choose another."
>
> Has anyone gotton the "Add Network Location" wizard to actually work with a
> sharepoint site???
>
> -I think microsoft rolled out vista without this basic capability and that
> is why no one is addressing the error message I keep seeing and that I have
> read that other people are having.
>
> -Nice job microsoft, vista cannot even do "network places" right anymore!!!!
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> "Josh" wrote:
> > Try this..
>
> > - Open My Computer
>
> > - Right Click -> Add a Network Location
>
> > - Next
>
> > - Choose a custom network location
>
> > - Enter a sharepoint site as copied from IE:
> >http://site/library/stuff/default.aspx
>
> > - Remove the pagefrom the URL in this example "default.aspx" click next
>
> > --
> > Josh
>
> > You never know what you might learn -http://windowsconnected.com
>
> > "jlitvak" <jlit...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:B1122974-4A7C-40B7-930A-3EB832E51576@microsoft.com...
> > > It used to be possible with Windows XP to see my SharePoint sites via the
> > > File Explorer. Though I'm able to see them when I do file operations in
> > > Office 2007, I can't figure out any way to do so via the Vista File
> > > Explorer
> > > itself.
>
> > > Has anyone else run into this problem? Is it possible to see an Explorer
> > > view of my SharePoint sites without having to do so from within Office
> > > 2007?
>
> > > Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> > > jl- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I am also experiencing the same issue. I was able to add my WSS 2.0
hosted site but when I try adding the WSS 3.0 site i get the same
error. This is really frustrating because the only reason I upgraded
to WSS 3 was so I could take advantage of Groove 2007 and Sharepoint.
Apparently the sharepoint tool in groove is only compatible with wss
3.0. What is the problem here?

Same problem for me. Able to use explorer view on XP but not on Vista.
Neal

"jlitvak" wrote:

> It used to be possible with Windows XP to see my SharePoint sites via the
> File Explorer. Though I'm able to see them when I do file operations in
> Office 2007, I can't figure out any way to do so via the Vista File Explorer
> itself.
>
> Has anyone else run into this problem? Is it possible to see an Explorer
> view of my SharePoint sites without having to do so from within Office 2007?
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> jl