Problems using IE7 with Explorer as FTP Client

[Guest]

For years, I've been using XP Pro. I use Windows Explorer as my FTP client.
It's very easy to do. You just type in your FTP site in the address box, hit
return, and then a login box pops up asking for a user name and password.

I can do the same with Vista, but there's a real difference in the
functionality, and I'm having real trouble getting Vista Explorer (not IE,
but the file explorer) to behave in the same way XP's Windows Explorer does
when used as an FTP client.

In XP Pro, if I log in to my FTP site, and want to view a particular html
file (for example, to view it before deleting it), I don't need to transfer
the file to my local drive. I just click on the html file and because Windows
Explorer knows that all html files are to be viewed using IE, the file opens
in its own IE popup window. I can then view the file, and make a decision
about whether I want to delete it or leave it on the server (I should note
that the FTP server is running a message board, which gets literally
thousands of hits a day, and given the volume of traffic on the site, it's
much easier to simply view the files and either leave them or delete them
without actually doing an FTP file transfer to my local drive).

In Vista, the same Explorer functionality is there, but here's the catch:
When I click on an html file, IE 7 opens up a window (actually it opens a new
tab...but I think I know how to change that by changing the settings in Tabs
to have "Popups Open in New Window"). But here's the real problem: When the
html file is opening, and before it will display, I'm presented with an FTP
login box, which requires me to again input my username and my password to my
FTP site.

This is a huge pain in the ass, and it literally takes away the
functionality of using Explorer (file explorer that is) as an FTP client. If
I have to log in every time I want to view an html file in IE just to view
the contents of my remote FTP directory, given that I am looking at many
hundreds, if not thousands of individual files a day, it's just not practical
to keep re-entering my username and password before IE 7 will display each
file.

Anyone know why this is happening, and more importantly, how I can change
this behavior in Vista? I've searched all of the settings in IE 7 under Vista
and there doesn't appear to be any way to disable this constant log-in dialog
before being able to view an html file on my remote ftp server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Dave]

Jerry,

Did you [or anyone else out there] ever crack this, as the same problem
is driving me mad at the moment.

Mark

Use Windows Explorer to FTP. Open Windows Explorer, right click any open
spot in the right pane, select "Add Network Location" then follow the
wizard.

Hope this helps
Dave

 

[Dave]

David,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I am able to open Windows Explorer and view the contents of my FTP
server folders.

The issue arises when I double click on a file - IE7 opens a new
window, then I get the logon box, even though I already logged onto the
FTP server to view the folders! If I login again as requested, whatever
app is set as default for the file type fires up as expected.

Since I've already authenticated with the FTP server, why should it
make me do so again to view a file. I didn't have the same problem with
Windows XP and IE7 on my old laptop.

Any additional ideas [anyone?]

Mark

Yes same thing happens here. I've never done it your way before, when ever I
Xfer files to my FTP site using Windows Explorer I've always just had IE7
already opened to the ftp site then just refreshed the page (f5) to view the
changes.