If I get it working I'll likewise post the solution if I can work out what i did to get it going Getting angry with this now it helps me focus :- so have gone right back to square one and re-installed W7 from scratch - including ploughing through the numerous Updates and SP1 etc. This is the setup note, doors are wide open here. I've tried removing every single possible blocker to get this to work; once it does then i'll tighten security, but for now I am well aware that my security may be as open as a wallet on a bus ;.
I get misleading 'The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another'. So why is WebDAV not working? How do I debug this one? Its baffling. I just cant get it to work. Is there a user-group or group-policy I could be overlooking? And this article may helpful to your also:. The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us.
Thank you for your understanding. Leo Huang. TechNet Community Support. But a good array of replies of which I am most grateful. I'll start from the top and work down. So, SlickIT. This may have been an oversight on my part and so I looked to how to get it listed. For a Server R2 Essentials , penzoiders' answer does not work because Essentials does not have the server manager and I couldn't find a way to install the Desktop Experience through Dashboard.
The WebDAV1 protocol provides a framework for users to create, change and move documents on a server. The most important features of the WebDAV protocol include the maintenance of properties about an author or modification date, namespace management, collections, and overwrite protection.
Maintenance of properties includes such things as the creation, removal, and querying of file information. Namespace management deals with the ability to copy and move web pages within a server's namespace. Collections deal with the creation, removal, and listing of various resources. Lastly, overwrite protection handles aspects related to locking of files.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy. This new WebDAV extension module incorporated many new features that enable Web authors to publish content better than before, and offered Web administrators more security and configuration options.
With the release of IIS 7. This newer version of the WebDAV module provides shared and exclusive locks support to prevent lost updates due to overwrites. This walkthrough contains a series of steps in which you log on to your Web site using the local loopback address and the local administrator account. When using an administrator account, these steps should only be followed on the server itself using the loopback address or over SSL from a remote server.
If you prefer to use a separate user account instead of the administrator account, you must create the appropriate folders and set the correct permissions for that user account when necessary. There are two separate downloadable packages for the new WebDAV extension module; you need to download the appropriate package for your version of Windows Server You must run the installation package as an administrator.
This can be accomplished by one of the following methods:. Logging in to your server using the actual account named "Administrator", then browsing to the download pages listed above or double-clicking the download package if you have saved it to your server.
Logging on using an account with administrator privileges and opening a command-prompt by right-clicking the Command Prompt menu item that is located in the Accessories menu for Windows programs and selecting Run as administrator , then typing the appropriate command listed below for your version of Windows to run the installation:.
Click Next. On the Results page, verify that the installation succeeds, and then click Close.
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