Error: The folder xxx is no longer available

[2scrappy]

Running FP 2002 from an XP machine to a 2000 server
running IIS 5.0.

When we try to create a link from the client machine in
Front Page the window opens, but only a partial list of
folders/files appear while the hour glass runs. Then an
Error box pops up saying "the folder ... is no longer
available". It will allow me to type in the address
manually and continue with the save, but the automated
Front Page insert will not work.

I know this has happened to others, because I saw the same
question on another site, but no one came back with an
answer. Any here?

 

[Steve Easton]

Close FrontPage. Find and delete all files named *.web then reopen FrontPage and see if it works.

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Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[2scrappy]

Thanks I'm going to give it a try with a search from the
wwwroot directory. I hope that is where to start.

-----Original Message-----
Close FrontPage. Find and delete all files named *.web

then reopen FrontPage and see if it works.

 

[Steve Easton]

Use windows search. The *.web files need to be deleted from the client.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[2scrappy]

those .web files are in the wwwroot and part of the system
in a cashe. Are you sure I should delete them?

 

[Steve Easton]

Yes. FrontPage will recreate them.

However, leave them in recycle until it does. ( It's never failed for me )

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
95isalive
This site is best viewed............
........................with a computer

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Web cache files (*.web) should never be in your server root at wwwroot
- they are local user PC client web cache files in
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Web Server Extensions\Cache

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| those .web files are in the wwwroot and part of the system
| in a cashe. Are you sure I should delete them?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Running FP 2002 from an XP machine to a 2000 server
| >running IIS 5.0.
| >
| >When we try to create a link from the client machine in
| >Front Page the window opens, but only a partial list of
| >folders/files appear while the hour glass runs. Then an
| >Error box pops up saying "the folder ... is no longer
| >available". It will allow me to type in the address
| >manually and continue with the save, but the automated
| >Front Page insert will not work.
| >
| >I know this has happened to others, because I saw the
| same
| >question on another site, but no one came back with an
| >answer. Any here?
| >.
| >