Re: Office 2003 breaks XP's Web Folders?

From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:39:11 -0400

Delete the Web Folder, then open the site in IE, then Edit with FP and see if that works. 

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<aren@cambre.biz> wrote in message news:chltr7$ls4@odah37.prod.google.com...
> My Windows XP Web Folders seems to be broken.
>
> Tonight I installed a new copy of Windows XP Professional on a blank
> hard drive. Right after Windows XP's installation--nothing else was
> installed, not even service pack 2 or any patches--I went to "My
> Network Places," clicked on "Add a network place," and tried to add
> http://www.alpenfest.com/ as a network place. After typing in the URL
> and pressing Next, I was prompted for the username and password. It
> apparently authenticated correctly because I was able to open the site
> and see the files.
>
> I then installed XP Service Pack 2, rebooted, deleted the
> http://www.alpenfest.com/ "network place," and re-recreated it. It
> worked.
>
> Then I went to Windows Update, installed every available update
> (critical or otherwise), rebooted, deleted the network place, and
> re-created it. It worked.
>
> Then I installed Office 2003 Professional using the Complete Install
> option. This is a RTM pre-SP1 copy on official Microsoft media. (I.e.,
> Office 2003 SP1 or any other updates are not slipstreamed in this
> install CD.) After the install I rebooted (after being prompted),
> deleted the network place, and tried to re-create it. After typing in
> the URL and hitting next, it fails with this error message: "The folder
> you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another." I am
> not even prompted to enter a username and password.
>
> Then I installed FrontPage 2003 (separate CD). It did not ask to
> reboot. Re-creating the folder brought the exact same error, and again
> I was not even allowed the opportunity to fill out a username and
> password.
>
> If I try to open this web site in FrontPage 2003, I get this error:
> "The folder 'http://www.alpenfest.com/' isn't accessible. The folder
> may be located in an unavailable location, protected with a password,
> or the filename contains a / or \."
>
> What's strange is that I can successfully make a Network Place to
> http://people.smu.edu/acambre/, which is on an IIS 5.0 server with FPSE
> 2002. I can also open http://people.smu.edu/acambre/ with FrontPage
> 2003 even if I first delete the site's entry from My Network Places.
>
> On a different Windows XP Professional box, which is set up very
> similarly except that it is a member of a corporate domain, I am able
> to open http://www.alpenfest.com/ just fine.
>
> Why would installing Office 2003 on my home machine cause FrontPage and
> My Network Places to no longer be able to open this site?
>
> You can test this out yourself in FrontPage and My Network Places. If
> you are asked for a username and password, it works. If you are given
> an error message before you are even prompted for a username and
> password, it doesn't work.
>
> Since this is a very fresh, very clean installation of Windows XP, I am
> loathe to think that there is something I did wrong. The fact of the
> matter is that I was able to create a "Network Place" to
> http://www.alpenfest.com immediately before installing Office 2003, but
> after installing it and rebooting I was no longer able to open that
> site.
>
> What could be going on here?
>

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