Microsoft KB Archive/240979

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Unable to Create Folder on NTFS Partition

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Q240979

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.5

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to use your Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2-based client computer to create a folder on an NTFS partition, you may receive the following error message:

Unable to create directory

CAUSE
This problem occurs because to create a folder on a Microsoft Windows NT-based server, Windows 95 (versions 4.00.950, retail, and 4.00.950A, Service Release 1) submitted an SMB "C make directory" command to the server, which succeeded. Instead of making a Create Directory application programming interface (API) call which results in an SMB "C make directory" command, Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) first sends an SMB "C search directory" command to see if the folder to create already exists. In the case where the new folder does not exist, the server returns a NO_MORE_FILES error (no matching folder found), the client does not issue the "C make directory" command, and then generates the error message above.

RESOLUTION
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem described in this article and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are normally incurred for support calls may be canceled, if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. Normal support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The indicated versions of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date       Time      Version     Size    File name     Locale ---  01/23/98   11:14am   4.00.1114   185,922 Ifsmgr.vxd    US   01/23/98   11:14am   4.00.1114   185,926 Ifsmgr.vxd    Japanese 01/23/98  11:14am   4.00.1114   185,926 Ifsmgr.vxd    NEC

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows 95 OSR2, 2.1, and 2.5.

Additional query words: w95qfe

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg kbnetwork kbui osr2 win95

Issue type : kbprb

Technology : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbWin95OPKOSR25 kbWin95OPKOSR210