Shared Folder showing 0 files

[mrbonney2006]

I'm having a problem with a Windows 2000 server with shared folders and Windows XP Pro. I'm not able to determine why but occationally the share seems to become corrupt.

Viewing the shared folder from the server shows several files but accessing the share from a Windows XP Pro client does not. It shows that there are zero files.

The folder on the server allows read/write permissions to everyone yet the XP user is unable to write any files when it shows 0 files.

Sometimes recreating the share fixes the problem, other times flushing the DNS fixes it. Some cases nothing fixes the issue.

Has anyone encountered this problem before?

Also does anyone know of a good site or book that explains how shares work and where they are stored in Windows?

Thanks in advance,
Mark

 

[mrbonney2006]

I have also found that if I stop sharing the folder on the server the client still shows the folder with 0 files.

Refreshing the view on the client has no effect.

 

[itsp1965]

I would check the following;
- Check the ACL of the folder to ensure that there are no special permissions at work. For example, if you have read/write access but delete inhibit enabled, you won't be able to create files in the folder. Re-create using default perms first.
- Also what is the name of the folder? Is it using a DOS/Windows proprietary name like CON, PRN, LPT1, COM1
- What is the length of the folder name and the files that reside in it.. are they > 255 chars.
- Have quotas been applied to the folder?
Check the above to see if it helps.

 

[mrbonney2006]

>- Check the ACL of the folder to ensure that there are no special permissions at work. For example, if you have read/write access but delete inhibit enabled, you won't be able to create files in the folder. Re-create using default perms first.

Here is what I found:
Under the sharing tab - Permissions the only user is Everyone and Everyone is set to Allow Full Control, Change and Read. None of them are set to Deny.
Under the security tab the only user is Everyone and Everyone is set to Allow Full Control, Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write. None of them are set to Deny.
Under the Security tab - Advanced the only user is Everyone and Everyone is set to Full Control. Under View/Edit Everyone, all settings are set to Allow and none are set to Deny. I scrolled thru the list.
With these settings I would think that everyone would be able to do anything that they wanted to this folder.

>- Also what is the name of the folder? Is it using a DOS/Windows proprietary name like CON, PRN, LPT1, COM1

The name of the folder is Images. It is not a system folder and it is created when installing our software product.

>- What is the length of the folder name and the files that reside in it.. are they > 255 chars.

The folder name is Images so it is short and none of the filenames within the folder are more than 60 characters.

>- Have quotas been applied to the folder?

I'm not sure what quotas are?

It's a really strange problem because it initially works and at some later point (after a software update, sometimes disconnecting from the network) it goes to this state of zero files.

This may or may not effect it but sometimes the server and clients are on two different domains.