Questions tagged [windows-explorer]
Windows Explorer is the default graphical file system browser and manager included in all Microsoft operating systems since Windows 95. It is sometimes referred to as the "Windows Shell," though it is actually just one component of the Windows shell.
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I'm trying to get Windows explorer to show non Windows based computers in the Network folder
For some reason my Windows machine has stopped showing non-Windows computers in the Network folder. It's Windows 10 22H2 19045. It does show other Windows computers. I can set up shares to folders in ...
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Windows file content not updated in Explorer/Powershell
On a Windows Server a logging tool writes .log files to disk continuesly and rotates log files daily at midnight. Every day the new log file gets created, but almost every day its content / meta data ...
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Cannot reach Synology NAS with Windows Explorer
I cannot access the office Synology NAS from one of the clients on the network, using Windows Explorer.
When I click its icon in the Network section, I get an error:
"Couldn't access \\...
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Cannot access samba Ubuntu server via hostname UNC path (IP works) in Windows explorer
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We have an AD server running on Windows Server 2012 (ad01.<domainroot>). There is a Samba file server running on Ubuntu 20.04 (fs02.<domainroot>). The file server is domain joined ...
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New Window (ctrl+n) is disabled in Windows File Explorer
When I press ctrl+n to get a new window in the Windows File Explorer on my new Windows 10 laptop I am presented with this
error popup.
Transcription: "This operation has been cancelled due to ...
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How can users change their Active Directory password without Remote Desktop?
In our Active Directory setup, some users will be accessing domain resources (shared folders on the network, specifically) from non-domain computers. Only users from the domain have permission to ...
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Index Only File Names For Windows Explorer Search?
How can one tell Windows to index only file names under Windows?
Running a name:*whatever* search in Windows Explorer takes a long time without indexing the entire file system. That is overkill for ...
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Network connected devices not visible from a workstation solved - but why?
The problem was that devices on the network were not visible in Windows Explorer's Network folder. The devices were accessible using Remote Desktop Connection, and in many cases, the devices could be ...
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How to make computer alias discoverable?
I am replacing an old server 2008r2 system with a new windows 2016 server but am having problems with computer visibility on the local network.
My file server has a DNS alias which doesn't appear as ...
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Why can't I access my FTP server with Windows Explorer?
I have an instance running Ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS on Google Compute Engine with port 21 open to it. I have installed vsftpd on it, added a user for the FTP service, and set the directory permissions to ...
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How to associate .log files with LTFViewer on Windows 2008?
Large Text File Viewer is fast for opening megabyte and gigabyte large log files.
However on Windows Server 2008 (SBS) the File Explorer fails to open .log files with this application. LTF viewer can'...
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How to close Windows 10 taskbar
I need to install a PC with Windows 10 pro 64bit. It will be customized with a dock to launch predefined application.
How can I close (or completely hide) the windows taskbar?
I have already found ...
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Secure FTP client for Windows Explorer [closed]
I have a small business website that once in awhile I need to upload files to. Before recently I've been keeping an ftp login string in my password manager, that looked as such:
ftp://username:...
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"'Network Drive' refers to a location that is unavailable" while UNC works
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Environment is a Windows Domain with 160+ Clients, several DCs. No WINS. DNS working.
Fileserver is a Windows Server 2012 R2, patched regularly, SMB shares, proper NTFS and share ...
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How to open FileZilla Client in windows explorer?
We have a shared drive (windows 7), and I want to set up a server-client FTP system on office local network, so that people can have access to different folders or sub-folders with permission.
I ...
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