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error opening folder

Hello, I purchased the web explorer pro.  Installed it as the directions stated, and I'am receiving a "error opening folder"  error.  I've searched thru many of the forums, but none of the solutions seemed to work.  My question is, can the folder be in the wexpro directory?  As say "/wexpro/Upload"  ?  I've tried this, but no success.  Can anyone help me?  Thanks
Dustin Skartved 8/16/2004 1:06 PM
Hi Dustin,
Yes, you can use a folder which is in the wexpro folder. This seems to be a permission problem. Please make sure that the folder which you write in your access list, really exists and you have NTFS read&write permissions on this folder.

You can change the NTFS permissions of a specific folder as follows:
Open the "Properties" dialog of the target folder from Windows Explorer, on the "Security" tab, add the user IUSR_MACHINENAME (Internet Guest Account). Then check "Allow" for "Modify" on the permissions list for this account. 

If you are not allowed to change the settings on your server then contact your administrator to do it for you.
Cem Alacayir 8/16/2004 3:01 PM
Hello Cem,

It appears that the directory it looks at is the root on e:\..  Where my root folder for webexplorer pro is in a dynamic directory.  For instance = E:\inetpub\wwwroot\web\users\wexpro\upload  - The users directory is the home directory for when users login.  Is there a variable to set so it looks there.  I pulled off one of my hrefs, and it looks like this

<a href="./users/<%=Session("login")%>/files.asp    ---- The wexpro directory is located in here with files.asp.  Can I do a link like this somewhere?  All permissions are set at full-control. Thanks
Dustin Skartved 8/16/2004 3:12 PM
Dustin,
The default folder in the access list is "/" which points to your web root. It seems that you haven't modified the default preferences. You don't need to set a variable in the code, just run preferences page, enter the correct path of your folder in the access list and make sure that your preferences are successfully saved.

Actually, I couldn't understand what you mean by dynamic directory. Which authentication method are you using on your site? WebExplorer Pro is not a multi-user application; it can not know the logged-on NT user and open a dynamic folder for each user. It can just open the folders that are written explicitly in the access list.
Cem Alacayir 8/16/2004 3:38 PM