I have a few files in certain SharePoint folders that I would like to access from a Windows (Virtual Machine) remote machine. As a test, I copied the "link" of a SharePoint Excel file and used it in the WindowsVM browser and I connected successfully and opened the file.
I also tried to map a SharePoint folder's "link" within WindowsVM Folder Explorer/Network but I am getting the below error msg
Is there a way to accomplish this?
Thank you
To be able to map a SharePoint site as a network drive (this uses WebDAV) please make sure:
The SharePoint site url is added to trusted sites list in Internet Option -> Security -> Trusted sites.
Use Internet Explorer to navigate to the SharePoint site and sign-in using your credentials and leave the browser open (this should not be required but it helps somehow)
Now try to map the site as a network drive.
If the above does not resolve the issue (and assuming you are running Windows 10) you can additionally navigate to Settings -> Accounts -> Add a work or school account.
Edit:
If you only have Edge browser (no IE) - you'll need to open the SharePoint site in IE compatibility mode on Edge and login-in (SharePoint looks ugly in this mode). Once this is done continue to map the drive.
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My company has Chrome with our custom extension running on windows machines.
Our goal is to launch chrome locally on our machines with our extension running at all times. Our users are constantly looking to uninstall our extension.
Our current approach is to utilize the ExtensionInstallForceList registry key. This sort of works:
Right now, one can still click into C:\WM_0.0 and delete the folder. Once the folder is deleted, this extension is gone.
So we tried the following:
Create a windows account "Client"
Assign "Client" to "Client Group"
Change the permission C:\WM_0.0 to Deny Write
Log out and login to the machine again as Client.
Once I login to my windows machine as Client, I can no longer load my extension:
I tried to change the folder's permission to Full Control for both Users and Client Group but I am still seeing this error in Chrome.
1. How can I load this extension successfully given my current set of circumstances?
2. Is there a better way to do this?
Goodday all,
We have a few customers who are using Harmon.ie in Outlook and it is connected to Sharepoint.
When they want to open a document (any extension) a popup shows up to fill in username, when filled in username the next screen asks for their password.
This happens everytime they are trying to open a document.
I checked the settings in Harmon.ie, I tried the login via webbrowser and filled in manually the credentials of the user, with both settings the same thing is happening.
Anyone got a clue how to solve this?
Thanks
harmon.ie does not share credentials with MS Office applications when opening documents. The office applications authenticate against SharePoint separately. When user clicks on a document - harmon.ie determines appropriate application based on the document extension and then launches the associated desktop application by passing it the URL to the document. Running the application from command line and passing it the direct URL of the SharePoint document closely approximates the behavior of opening the document via harmon.ie.
Please check to see if running MS Office application, such as word or excel, from command line and providing the URL to the SharePoint document would require user to enter their password (sample command format is below - in this environment harmon.ie is installed in Outlook 2010 and opens a Word document from SharePoint URL from our test site)
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" "http://ravenwood-corp.com/sandbox/Shared Documents/ER.doc
Check under Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> Credential Manager, select Windows Credentials tab and delete any entries that have the same URL as the SharePoint site you are seeing the issue opening documents from.
You may also double check whether the SharePoint URL is added to Trusted Sites or Local Intranet in the Internet Explorer under Tools -> Options -> Security - if not, you can try adding the site URL to Local Intranet or Trusted Sites zones.
When I access C:\Users\shan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache using Windows explorer, it shows following folder structure:
But when I access the same using IE11 browser, Tools->Internet Options->General->Browsing history-> Settings(click)->View files(click), I get different folder structure as follows:
Why folder structure differing in above 2 cases, even though both are referring to the same physical location on Windows 8.1, IE11 Browser ?
I need to write a script which clears this INetCache folder contents(Cache). But not able to get the exact content of this folder. Because it always refers to Folder which contains Low(folder), Virtualized(folder) and counters.dat(file). In my script I want to refer the folder which contains favicon.ico files.
The same behavior is observed on IE10-win7 and IE11-win7 as well, while referencing Temporary Internet Files.
There is an internal api in the IE libraries that controls clearing of the 'Internet Cache'....
there are two... one for 'normal' integrity processes (64 bit tab processes and ActiveX (flash)), another for low integrity processes (32 bit tab processes and ActiveX (flash))
Use GPO (Start>Run>gpedit.msc) to configure user profiles on a domain network to empty the TIF(s) on exit from the browser.
For computers on a public access network (library workstations), you can default to inPrivate Mode from a desktop or Taskbar link
iexplore.exe -private
which does not retain any personally identifiable data of the user in history, or cookies or flash cookies.....
questions about GPO management of IE should be posted to the TechNet support forum for IE.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/home?forum=ieitprocurrentver
Is it possible to instruct my windows 8.1 machine to open links like these:
smb://c:\path to some folder\
in windows explorer?
Right now, Internet Explorer automatically comes up in response to a request to open smb:// link and says No apps are installed for this type of link (smb) - [Look for an app in the Store]
(The reason I have this problem is because I use mediawiki on my machine and have links to folders and files on some pages. I'd like to be able to click them from any computer on my network and be able to see the file/folder right away).
Many thanks.
Suppose you have a link like:
smb://a.b.com/public/
In windows you can open that in the file explorer this way:
\\a.b.com\public\
imagine you want to have a link on a website that creates a local folder and opens it in the Windows Explorer as soon as click on it. Something like Go to new folder
I know there is the file:-protocol, but this only opens a local folder. Is there a way to specify in the url that the browser should also create the folder.
It might be against lot's of security policies. But I'm just curious if there is any way you could achieve that. What ever come in your mind? Don't hold back.
Cheers,
Gerardo
As you mentioned, this is not allowed for web pages from internet. (imagine a rogue script running thousands of these)
You may be able to open an existing folder, in the browser (not via Windows Explorer, unless it's IE and the page is trusted).
If you want to create a folder, try using Offline Storage APIs for HTML5. This may not accomplish the 'opening in Win Explorer' part, but you can store data on user's machine.
Hope this helps.