ADODB.Stream cannot open DFS file paths

From: Andrew Hollamon (AndrewHollamon_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:47:01 -0800

It seems that with ADODB.Stream (and FileSystemObject), I cannot
programmatically open files from a DFS link (ie,
\\<domain_fqdn>\<dfs_root>\<dfs_link>\<file>), though the same file can be
opened from a UNC path (ie, \\<server>\<share>\<path>\<file>).

I'm looking for some confirmation that this is indeed expected behavior (ie,
its a known problem, and not something unique to my situation), and when, if
at all, this is expected to be resolved.

My second question is whether or not the file manipulation libraries in .NET
suffer from the same limitation.

Thanks,
Andrew Hollamon