WebExplorer session is destroyed

When I try to view folder information or edit a file (txt, htm, asp, etc..) I get this error message.

WebExplorer session is destroyed, please relogin

I am using IIS 5.0 on a WinXP Professional system. I can create folders and files. I also get the message if I select the upload icon. It seems that the message occurs when a popup window happens. 

Any thought on this would be  appreciated.

I found the answer to my own question.

WinXP has an extra setting in IE that allows you to reject cookies and by default it is set to reject certain types of cookies. My settings were preventing me from using WebExplorer properly.

To fix I had to go to Tools > Internet Options > Privacy in IE and set the browser to accept all cookies. (Note: I just selected this level to test a fix for the problem, I do not have details on the exact breaking point for these settings.) I then restarted IE and tried WebExplorer and all works fine now.

I hope this is helpful to others.

Thanks Charles,
Internet Explorer 6.0 has a privacy setting for blocking cookies but keeping it at the default value(Medium level) should work for WebExplorer. WebExplorer doesn't use cookies itself but ASP architecture uses them for keeping track of the user sessions.

Well... it doesn't work for me... I get a "WebExplorer session is destroyed, please relogin." message whenever i try to upload. 

Tried the cookie thing but it still doesn't work

Please make sure that "Session State" is enabled for your web site. Check it by opening "Application Configuration" on the IIS snap-in.

Actually, I heard this was a bug in IE 6 that "should" be fixed in the next release. Apperently, when you close a pop-up window, it kills the session variables. Doesn't matter if you have cookies enabled.

Hi All,

I too was having this problem. I tried to resolve it through both methods listed above. The actual answer was that I was using the machine name and not the full URL of the site. ie. the machine name was something like "myserver" and I was using the url of http://myserver/whatever/webexplorer.asp. I got the same problems with session being destroyed. Just on a hunch after spending 30mins of stuffing around, I tried the full domain name instead. It worked fine. *arggghhh*.

Cem, any ideas ? Is this an ASP gotcha of some description ?

Regards
David
PS. Great product, BTW. Has saved my butt a few times now.

I think this is only a problem with IE and not other browsers, what is the IE version that caused the problem? Probably IE 5 has this problem.

I saw the problem in IE6, but it was because I used the machine name and not the fully qulified domain. 

Regards
David

PS. DO you know of anyone who has replaced your textarea for editing with a HTML editor ?

Quoted from aspfaq.com:
"If you are using IE 5.5 or IE 6.0, and your local server name has an underscore or other non-alphanumeric character (other than a dash) in the name, then cookies will not work correctly. One workaround is to access the machine by IP address; others include renaming the server or at least adding an entry to the clients' hosts files, or alter your local DNS/WINS, or add a new host header to the web server, with a more friendly name."
For other possible causes of this problem, see Consultant for some info on using Text Editor as a HTML editor.

Cem Alacayir

thanks , I changed my domain name and rename it without underscore now its works

Thank u very much