Problem Accessing Win 98 Share From Win XP Machine

[Guest]

I have a problem accessing a shared folder on a Windows 98 machine from a
Windows XP Pro SP2 (+ latest updates) computer. I can add files to the share,
delete them, edit them, etc. However, if I open a file on the share and then
save it back to the share using "Save As" I get a "Folder Not Accessible"
error.

I had initial problems accessing the share from the XP machine so I changed
the share name to be twelve characters or less and removed all spaces from
the share name, as suggested on this forum, and it resolved all the access
problems except this one (which has only just come to light).

Has anyone ever met this problem before?

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I have a problem accessing a shared folder on a Windows 98 machine from a
Windows XP Pro SP2 (+ latest updates) computer. I can add files to the share,
delete them, edit them, etc. However, if I open a file on the share and then
save it back to the share using "Save As" I get a "Folder Not Accessible"
error.

I had initial problems accessing the share from the XP machine so I changed
the share name to be twelve characters or less and removed all spaces from
the share name, as suggested on this forum, and it resolved all the access
problems except this one (which has only just come to light).

Has anyone ever met this problem before?

I don't remember, but you could check
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm for hints. There were some special
problems related to length and structure of computer names, for
example.

Hans-Georg

 

[Guest]

Thank you Hans-Georg, I followed this up but didn't find anything that
resolved the problem.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Thank you Hans-Georg, I followed this up but didn't find anything that
resolved the problem.

Does this happen on all shares? Have you tried copying the files
to a different folder, then deleting the share and deleting the
folder, then creating a new share?

Perhaps the problem is limited to that single share and can be
resolved this way.

Hans-Georg