Re: Office 2003 breaks XP's Web Folders?
From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/09/04
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:35:11 -0400
Your web folder should now have been recreated, and you should be able to open your web / site via
File Menu | Open Web.
-- ============================================== Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage) WEBMASTER Resources(tm) http://www.ycoln-resources.com FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc. ============================================== To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see: http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp <aren@cambre.biz> wrote in message news:T7Q%c.9380$yp2.4399@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com... > Strange, that seemed to work. Why can I open it this way but not through > File-->Open Web? And why did My Network Places stop being able to add this > as a network place once I installed Office 2003? > > Aren > > "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:OR6AnVVlEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > > Delete the Web Folder, then open the site in IE, then Edit with FP and see > > if that works. > > > > -- > > ============================================== > > Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage) > > WEBMASTER Resources(tm) > > http://www.ycoln-resources.com > > FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc. > > ============================================== > > To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see: > > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp > > > > <aren@cambre.biz> wrote in message > > news:chltr7$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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