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Mikael Grönfelt
Asked: 2009-06-27 02:48:41 +0800 CST

Connect via Webdav from Windows 7?

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I'm trying to connect to an Alfresco server, via Webdav, from a Windows 7 client. I can create a web folder connection with the wizard, but there are three or more folder links created and none of them work, double clicking on them simply does nothing. One of the folders have the name that I specify in the wizard, the others are simply named as the server adress.

While surfing the net I've seen that others have experienced the same issue, but so far I haven't seen any solution or any explanation.

Edit: I might add that the client is running Windows 7 RC, build 7100.

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3 Answers

  1. I found this which might be the source of your problem:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841215

    It talks about Sharepoint, but as I understand it, SharePoint exposes a WebDAV service. The issue is that Vista (and presumably Windows 7) don't support WebDAV using HTTP Basic Authentication.

    Try changing to Digest authentication, or use one of the standalone WebDAV clients. If you must access the folder using Windows Explorer, try the regedit hack for Vista (the key is still present in my Win 7 RC installation)

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  2. Have a look at the Web Folder Client's issues list. There is one called "anchor-click-behaviour-max-length". Maybe that's what you hit.

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  3. If you dont have Sharepoint or Alfresco, you might get additional information on your problem by testing with a different WebDAV server. As a suggestion, you can also use NULL FTP Server, which is also a FTP WebDav server .

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