Re: Disappearing Network Share Subfolders

Eric wrote:
I have an SBS 2000 server with WinXP clients. All latest service packs are installed ont the server and clients. I have a very strange issue that varies by user and by machine. On random occassions, when a user opens a shared folder from the server, it will not show all subfolders, but they are present, as other users can see them.

Sometimes 1/2 of them show, sometimes it shows 2 of them, sometimes it's just missing one or two out of about 30 subfolders. This has happened 3 times in last two weeks with two different users. I've run chkdsk/f (no 'r') with no resolution since there weren't any problems. I don't wanna run a /r on a terabyte array. That would take a week.

I have observed this wierdness myself and there are no filters, sort, or other detail custom views that would prevent all subfolders from appearing. The dialog box is not scrolled, the folders just don't appear. All data is fine and valid in the shared folder, it's just that the subfolders are "missing" on some user's systems but this problem goes away if the user reboots two or three times. I've checked permissions, patches, antivirus, network load, you name it. If anyone has a suggestion or a doc pointing to a resolution, I would greatly appreciate it!



Lots of useful suggestions from Brandy. Here's one which I didn't see
among them: check whether the workstation is set to use offline files
(in Explorer's folder options). A minor network delay can cause Windows
to decide it has failed, and switch to offline working. Only recently
accessed folders are visible. Offline files are only really useful for
laptops.

For extra flakiness, combine offline files with wireless networking
using the Zero Configuration service. You're right, that's the voice of
experience speaking...
.

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