imekul

I wasn't sure whether to put this in the XP subforum or the Vista/7 one, as it relates to both. Hope I made the right choice. :-)

My problem is this: I have a Windows 7 Ultimate desktop (recently upgraded from Vista Home Premium) with a C:\downloads\ folder that is shared over the network as "downloads."

On a second computer, an XP computer, one I set up the correct sharing permissions (that is, to give access to Computer 2's username), I can then browse to \\desktop\downloads\.

The problem is this: The file list show in \\desktop\downloads\ is outdated, and many files and folders are missing. There is nothing special about these files or folders. They're not hidden or anything.

For instance, opening up C:\downloads\ on my desktop shows a folder with 3,118 items -- files and folders.

Accessing \\desktop\downloads\ from another computer shows 111 items.

Interestingly, accessing \\desktop\downloads\ from the desktop shows the correct amount: 3,118 items.

I have tried refreshing the file list, obviously, from the second computer. I have also tried accessing \\desktop\downloads\ from a third computer (also XP) on the same network, with similar problems... leading me to believe the problem is on the Windows 7 computer.

The W7 desktop has no problem accessing other shares.

I should also add that all three of these computers are on the same workgroup and can ping each other.

Also, as a test, I created a brand-new folder, C:\downloads2\, shared it as "downloads2," and moved all the files into that folder. Accessing \\desktop\downloads2\ has the same exact problem, unfortunately...

Any ideas on what could be going on??

lorjack

Try disabling UAC, i had my own issue with network files with Win7 and after i disabled UAC everything worked perfectly.

Also, try making a share that isn't in the root of the drive Or put it in the public folder and see if that works correctly.

imekul

I didn't disable UAC, but I moved the files to a different hard drive, to F:\shared\, and they appear just fine.

This should be a fine workaround, although I guess it doesn't solve the root of the issue.

Another thing of note is that accessing the \\desktop\downloads\ folder from another Windows 7 computer worked perfectly, as well! So for whatever reason, XP doesn't play well with accessing that shared folder, yet W7 does.

Confusing stuff. I wish I knew why there was this weirdness, but I'm pretty happy to have found an easy workaround, at least! It's very frustrating to not be able to access my collection of files!

lorjack

Glad you got it fixed.