Microsoft KB Archive/938203

= &quot;My Computer&quot; folder opens instead of the Web folder in Windows Internet Explorer 7 when you use certain Web folder behaviors to open a Web folder =

Article ID: 938203

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003
 * Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

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SYMPTOMS
In Windows Internet Explorer 7, the &quot;My Computer&quot; folder opens instead of the Web folder. This problem occurs when you use either of the following behaviors to open a Web folder that is hosted on a Web server:
 * httpFolder behavior
 * anchorClick behavior

You experience this problem when Microsoft Office 2003 or a later version is not installed on the computer.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, install the software update for Web folders that is described in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 892211.

For more information about the Web folder software update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

892211 Description of the Software Update for Web Folders: January 25, 2005



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the httpFolder behavior, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531419.aspx

For more information about the anchorClick behavior, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531414.aspx

For more information about the Web folder behaviors, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531432.aspx



Steps to reproduce the behavior
  Create a Web page that uses the following sample code, and then host this Web page on a Web server.  .hFolder{behavior:url(#default#httpFolder);} 

 function fnNavigate{ var sFolder=location.href.substring(0,location.href.lastIndexOf(&quot;/&quot;)); oViewFolder.navigate(sFolder); } 

 Display this page in folder view.   Open the Web page that you hosted in step 1 in Internet Explorer 7 from a Windows XP-based computer on which no Office products are installed. Click the text that is displayed on the Web page. You will notice that the &quot;My Computer&quot; folder may open instead of the folder view of the Web server.</li></ol>

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