Microsoft KB Archive/266033

= Cannot Connect to Subfolders Within a Password-Protected Share Folder =

Article ID: 266033

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q266033



SYMPTOMS
When you try to connect to a subfolder within a password-protected share folder, you might get an error message similar to this:

Windows cannot find '\\machineA\test\test2'. You may have typed the name incorrectly in the Run dialog, or or another open program cannot find the system file. To search for a file, click the Start button and then click search.

This is assuming that the password-protected share (&quot;test&quot;) is on machineA and is password protected. &quot;Test2&quot; is a subfolder within &quot;test&quot;.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, connect to the root folder &quot;test&quot; first, before connecting to the subfolder. By connecting to the root folder first, the password prompt will come up where you can enter the password. After entering the correct password, you can then connect directly to the subfolder because the password is stored in your *.pwl file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb KB266033

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