Re: Newer files written to a shared folder are unaccesable using Windows Explorer

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From: Annonymous Coward (nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:46:04 GMT

Thanks for your suggestions Carsyn...

I've tried disabling the web share and turning off IIS, unfortunately this
step does not resolve my issue. I'll try the clean boot / error check the
disc today.

"Carsyn Gu [MSFT]" <kshengu@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:Q57MAMwxEHA.3640@cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Marc,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Firstly, please disable web share on the folder to see if it is helpful.
>
> If the above step doesn't help, please perform clean boot and error check
> on the disk.
>
> Clean Boot Your Computer
>
> ------------------------
> To clean boot your computer, use the appropriate method for your version
> of
> Windows.
>
> Microsoft Windows XP:
>
> 1. Click Start, click Run, type "msconfig" (without the quotation marks)
> in
> the
> Open box, and then click OK.
>
> 2. On the General tab, click Selective Startup, and then clear all of the
> subsequent check boxes. You will not be able to clear the Use Original
> BOOT.INI check box.
>
> 3. Click OK, and then click Restart to restart your computer.
>
> NOTE: The screen may appear different when the computer is started in
> Clean
> Boot mode (the icon become large бн). Please do not be alarmed. This is
> only
> for test purpose. We can easily return to the normal Startup mode by
> repeating
> the steps (to Step 2) and choose "Normal Startup".
>
> After Windows starts, follow these steps to manually start Windows
> Installer
> service (which is required for Picture It! installation).
>
> 1. Click Start, and then right-click My Computer.
>
> 2. On the shortcut menu, click Manage.
>
> 3. In the left pane of the Computer Management window, click Services and
> Applications, and then click Services.
>
> 4. In the right pane, scroll down to Windows Installer, and then
> right-click
> Windows Installer.
>
> 5. On the shortcut menu, click Start.
>
> For more information about Windows XP Clean Boot, please refer to the
> following
> article:
>
> Q310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
> <http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/3/53.asp>
>
>
> Please perform the above steps to perform clean boot of your system at
> your
> convenience. Looking forward to your reply.
>
> Sincerely,
> Carsyn Gu
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>
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> | Newer files written to a shared folder are unaccesable using Windows
> | Explorer
> |
> |
> |
> | DESCRIPTION:
> | =============
> | I own an HTPC with a very old video capture card (no broadcast flag)
> that
> | records television shows in either MPG1 or MPG2 format. The HTPC dumps
> all
> | of the files that it records into a shared folder which is accessable
> from
> | all of the computers on my home network. Now all of the files written
> to
> | the folder by the video capture software before the month of October are
> | accessable over the network. All of the files written to the folder by
> the
> | video capture card are visable using Windows Explorer but are not
> accessable
> | using Windows Explorer or any type of media player. Blowing away the
> share
> | and re-creating it dosent resolve the issue. The files are also not
> corrupt
> | and are playable upon my workstations if I initiate the file transfer
> from
> | the HTPC instead of from one of the workstations. The kicker is that
> while
> | I cant access any of these newer files using Windows Explorer, I'm able
> to
> | access ALL of the files using IIS 5.0.
> |
> |
> | TROUBLESHOOTING:
> | ==================
> | This happened once before and I was able to resolve the issue by doing
> an
> | FDISK, reformating and rebuilding the PC. Unfortunately the problem
> came
> | back at about the same time that I installed FFDShow, Made some changes
> to
> | the MPEG1 and 2 capture settings, installed IIS and enabled web sharing.
> |
> | I thought that the capture card software might have a lock on the files
> so I
> | created a new folder and moved all of the files over to the new one.
> The
> | files moved to the new folder without any problems. I deleted the old
> | folder, renamed the new one to the name of the old one and shared it out
> | with "everyone" access. I'm still able to access all of the files that
> were
> | written prior to October but none of the files that were written after
> | October.
> |
> | I'm able to upload files to this shared folder and then download these
> same
> | files. I'm just not able to access files written to the folder by the
> | capture card and ATI multimedia software.
> |
> | I tried killing every single process that I could get away with killing
> in
> | Task Manager without taking the system down, apparently none of these
> | applications are the cause of my problems.
> |
> | I thought that IIS might be locking the files so I turned off IIS -
> nothing
> | happened. Next I disabled the web share, and after rebooting was I
> still
> | unable to access the files. The odd thing is that I'm able to access the
> | files using IIS but I'm unable to access the files using a web share.
> |
> |
> | SYMPTOMS:
> | ===========
> | - All files written prior to October in the same folder are accessable
> from
> | within Windows Explorer, IIS 5.0 or Windows Media Player. All files
> written
> | after October "in the same folder" are not accessable unless your using
> IIS
> | 5.0. For example, "The Batman006.mpg" is viewable and accessable from
> the
> | same folder that the file "The Batman007.mpg" is stored, but I can
> access
> | 006 accross the network and not 007.
> |
> | - Windows Explorer generates the following error when I attempt to drag
> and
> | drop the file to one of my two workstations: Cannot copy [File Name]:
> Access
> | is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that
> the
> | file is not currently in use.
> |
> | - Windows Media Player Generates an error: "C00D11D2: Cannot access the
> | file"
> |
> | - ZoomPlayer generates an error: Unable to play [File Name] This may be
> due
> | to a corrupt file, missing filters, filter conflicts or other hardware
> | issues.
> |
> |
> |
> | HARDWARE:
> | ============
> | Home Theater PC
> | Windows XP Pro SP2 | File Sharing
> | Windows Media Player 10
> | IIS 5
> | AMD 1300+
> | 512MB PC 133 CAS2
> | 80 GB PATA 133 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
> | 10/100 Generic Network Card
> | ATI ALl-In-Wonder 128 16MB
> |
> | Workstation 1 PC
> | Windows XP Pro SP2
> | Windows Media Player 10
> | AMD 3200+ 64bit
> | 1GB DDR 400 PC3200 CAS2
> | 200 GB SATA 150 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
> | 250 GB SATA 150 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
> | 10/1000 3COM Network Card
> | ATI 9800 128 MB
> |
> | Workstation 2 PC
> | Windows XP Pro SP 2
> | Windows Media Player 10
> | Intel 3.0 GHz
> | 1GB DDR 400 PC3200 CAS2.5
> | 80 GB PATA 133 Maxtor 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
> | 10/1000 Dell Network Card
> | NVIDIA GeForce 5200 128 MB
> |
> | Any ideas folks?
> |
> | Marc...
> |
> |
> |
>

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