Microsoft KB Archive/923906

= When you try to open a folder in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library in Explorer View, the folder does not open =

Article ID: 923906

Article Last Modified on 7/9/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to open a folder in a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 document library in Explorer View, the folder does not open.

Specifically, this problem occurs when you connect to a document library in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site by using Microsoft Internet Explorer. You browse a folder in the document library, and then you click Open with Windows Explorer on the Actions menu. However, nothing happens. Or, you receive the following message:

Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer.



CAUSE
This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
 * You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
 * The path of the folder contains more than 100 characters.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:  Apply hotfix 325355 for Internet Explorer 6. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

325355 You cannot access Word documents by using Outlook Web Access on a server that is running SharePoint Portal Server

 Use Windows Internet Explorer 7. For more information about Windows Internet Explorer 7, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx





MORE INFORMATION
The maximum length for a URL in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is 260 characters. Additionally, a file name or a folder name in a URL cannot contain more than 128 characters.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

923174 Error message when you use Explorer View in a document library in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: &quot;Unexpected error occurred&quot; or &quot;Explorer View requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater and Web Folders&quot;

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