Re: SBS 2003 file system and shares are different

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:53:39 -0400

Gordon McCaskill wrote:
> Hi Lanwench Thanks for the reply. the problem is that "Company Shared
> Folders" was renamed to "company" in the file system.
>
> However, the original share (Tech) pointed to "Company Shared
> Folders" and it still does. This folder exists only as "company" in
> the file system. There is also a share called "Company" which points
> to the folder "company" which used to be "company shared folders".
> Now, both shares hold different information but reside in the same
> place on the file system. Please take not of the words Share and
> File System as they mean different things in this case.
>
> "Net Share" shows the following:
>
> Company D:\Company
> Tech D:\Company Shared Folders
>
> "Dir" does not bring up "Company Shared Folders" it does not exist!

So in Explorer on the server,, if you look at d:, making sure you're also
viewing hidden/system folders (tools | options), does it show up?
If you go to a command prompt, navigate to D, and type in

dir *. /a:h /a:s <enter>
Do you see it?

> Yet if you use the "Tech" share, information is still being stored in
> that location that does not exist in the file system.

Try this:

net use x: \\server\company /persistent:no
net use y: \\server\tech /persistent:no

In Explorer, when you look at the drives you just mapped, what do you see?
What do you want to see? Move items you wish to the share of your choice and
then get rid of the share you don't want.

Note for future reference: if you're going to rename folders or delete them,
delete the sharing first.

>
> help
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Gordon McCaskill wrote:
>>> I had created a share "Tech" that was associated to a folder called
>>> Company Shared Folders. One of my colleagues (a while back) changed
>>> the folder, via the file system, to Company. Another share called
>>> "company" was created to reflect that location. Here is the
>>> problem: technically this is the same location. When you browse to
>>> the share on the server, the file system displays with some
>>> information. If you browse to the share ("tech" or "company") the
>>> information is completely different. They should be the same. You
>>> cannot browse to the "tech" share unless you actually use the share.
>>> The file system does not reflect what is there. If you make
>>> modification in "tech" they remain there but are not reflected in
>>> "company" or the file system.
>>>
>>> Very, very strange.
>>
>> In a command prompt, type
>>
>> net share <enter>
>>
>> Where are these two pointing to as the source path?
>> I'm not sure what your actual question/goal is, but the above will
>> help you find out where shares point to.

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