Tag: Webdav
‘Open in Windows Explorer’ defaulting to Web Folders instead of WebDav
Problem You set up a new web application with a new load balanced URL. The web application contains one or more site collections but the root site collection, i.e. http://xxx.sharepoint.com/ does not exist. You browse to a document library under http://xxx.sharepoint.com/project1 called ‘Documents’ and try to ‘Open in windows explorer’. The document library opens but […]
Continue Reading...SharePoint Keeps Prompting for Credentials
Problem SharePoint keeps prompting you for credentials in the following scenarios: You get prompted for credentials when you access the site in the browser. You get prompted for credentials when you open a document from SharePoint. You get prompted for credentials after you open a document from SharePoint and try to “Save As”. Cause The […]
Continue Reading...How to browse user’s Mysite personal site
Requirement When cleaning personal sites, it is difficult to see what each user has stored on their site. If you type in the url to the user’s My Content site, SharePoint will redirect you to their profile homepage. This occurs even if you are the farm or site administrator. Solution You can use webdav to […]
Continue Reading...Unable to browse large document library in explorer view
Problem You try to open a document library with many files by clicking on ‘Open in windows explorer’ and get the following error message: \\server\webfolder\folder is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. A device attached to the system is […]
Continue Reading...Webdav Filesize Limits
Requirement For a proof of concept, users need to be able to upload files that are more than 500 MB. This is part of a plan to use SharePoint to replace redirected folders. Problem: Webdav has an inbuilt size limit of 50 MB. This limit is on the client side and nothing to do with […]
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