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Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers.

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Can't read from Source file or disk when moving document in Explorer View

We have come across an issue in our SharePoint implementation whereby moving documents (Cut and Paste) between two different sites using Explorer View causes the following error: Can't read from ...
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Mounting a Sharepoint filesystem on Linux using davfs2

I am trying to mount a SharePoint (SP) filesystem on Linux using davfs2. I am following the article: http://howto.unixdev.net/Linux-SharePoint.html First off, I see a lot of questions on SO for ...
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Modification date gets updated when selecting/clicking a file

On our SharePoint site the modification date of files gets updated when it should not, when no changes to a file have been made. I have found two ways to reproduce this error: A document is opened ...
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How to Upload File to Sharepoint Via Commandline?

Salvete! How can I, from the commandline, upload a file to a document library? Now, I found davcopy, which works, sort of. I can only upload the file using my domain account that I am already logged ...
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Must manually refresh Windows Explorer after creating new files/folders in document library

We have just setup Sharepoint 2010 internally for testing and development. I created a simple document library, and mapped it up in Windows Explorer. It works OK - it's reasonably fast (at least ...
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Making office documents from SharePoint work with non-Internet-Explorer browsers

This one bugs me since years, and I'm guessing it may not be solvable: When clicking the link to a document (let's say a DOC file) inside Internet Explorer on a SharePoint 2010 website, Internet ...
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SharePoint 2010 Open with Explorer issue

I have a customer that is having troubles with their SharePoint "Open with Explorer" feature within document libraries. The error we're seeing is "Your client does not support opening this list with ...
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Explorer view showing incorrect dates for document library files [closed]

We have a bit of a weird problem, and I am baffled. Incorrect dates in windows explorer: We map N: drives to document libraries, by using the following command: net use n: "http://vle/staff/...
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SharePoint 2019 x WebDAV

Good afternoon, is WebDAV still working on SharePoint 2019? Because when I clicked Open with Explorer it is trying to use OneDrive instead of the UNC path.
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SharePoint 2013 & Windows 7 Clients WebDAV issue

Apologies if this is the wrong stack to post this in. This issue is WebDAV related, involving both SharePoint 2013, and Windows 7. I will limit this topic to 3 Windows 7 Machines, and 2 SharePoint ...
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WebDav setup improperly on SharePoint 2013 farm - redirecting PROPFIND request

Our client has recently moved to a new SharePoint 2013 farm from another SharePoint 2013 farm trying to fix corruption on the web front end. Some servers from the old farm were used in the new farm. ...
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Is there a WebDAV log for SharePoint 2013 Farm?

Our developers are experiencing intermittent timeouts when transferring files to a SharePoint 2013 Farm. Is there a WebDAV log?
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SMB administrative Shares (C$) not accessible on a server running SharePoint - WebDAV MiniRedir reports PROPFIND not implemented

Cross-posted from http://serverfault.com We have a SharePoint 2007 server (Windows 2003) for development which fails to provide access via SMB administrative shares like \server\c$. I can use \mywin7\...
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Allow Office 2010 users to open docs from hyperlink in edit mode

I have SharePoint 2013 Designer Workflow which assigns tasks to users. In the email of the task I have added a direct link to the related document. I was originally using [%Workflow Context:Current ...
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Creating Document Libraries Using WebDav Interface

I am currently developing an app that uses the WebDav HTTP protocol to communicate and handle interactions with a Sharepoint site. While I can use a MKCOL request to create directories within a ...
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One user can't open a folder in explorer view, others can

I have an issue where one user is currently unable to open a folder (the folder has ~40,000 8kb-12kb XML files within it) in explorer view. I believe this could potentially be being caused by limits ...
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Mounting Sharepoint on Ubuntu as a Remote Network Location

For the Office 2016 Sharepoint I would like to mount it to Ubuntu as a remote Network Location. But following are the limitation WebDAV is disabled in the sharepoint. Also autoversioning is disabled....
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Open with Explorer via SSL with SNI

I am trying to get a developer site up and running that uses SSL only with 3 web applications that use SNI. Everything except "openwith explorer" The error I get is: We're having a problem opening ...
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How do I populate a library by mapping a network drive?

I am pretty new to SharePoint, and have been asked to populate a library with an automatically generated report. The report comes out once a day for three weeks at the beginning and end of every ...
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uploading to sharepoint library using mapped network drive causes "Access Denied"

A user has "collaborate" permission on SharePoint Library; through the web UI the user can upload documents, but when using the Windows Explorer view or a mapped network drive led to Access Denied ...
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WebDav fails with client certficates on Windows 7

I have a SharePoint 2007 site on Windows Server 2003 R2 that is set up to require SSL/HTTPS and client certificates on the IIs Web App. Opening Document Libraries in Windows Explorer works fine from ...
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Webdav access without davwwwroot in cnv path

One of our SharePoint customers got a bunch of hard links in his Navision to documents in SharePoint. The thing is that they link via WebDav \\hostname\site\doclib\file.extention We just migrated ...
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Open in Windows Explorer doesn't work

Here are my environment settings: OS: Windows XP 2002 IE: 8 32 bit SharePoint Site Version: 2013 Site permissions: Contribute Document library permission: Contribute Site type: Intranet Site protocol:...
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SharePoint 2013 - Versioning when uploading file via webdav (in windows explorer)

We have a DocLib with versioning (only major versions), without content approval and documents are not required to be checked out before they can be edited. Unfortunately when overwriting any ...
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Can't access some folders through Windows Explorer

We've encountered a strange problem accessing a SharePoint 2010 document archive through Windows Explorer on a Windows 7 machine. The archive has been mapped as a network drive and everything works as ...
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Masterpage catalog via webDav

I've got WebDav set up on my Windows 2008 R2 environment (Desktop Experience and everything), but still can't seem to connect to the environment 100%. I can browse to the local instance on port 80, ...
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WebDav - 409 Conflict

I have a simple java application to upload files to sharepoint over WebDav. This works fine when uploading Picture and Word Doc libraries. However, it fails with HTTP/1.1 409 CONFLICT when uploading ...
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Visual Studio Remote Debugger cannot connect to server - WebDAV MiniRedir reports PROPFIND not implemented

Symptoms: You have installed and run the Visual Studio Remote Debugger on your SharePoint server. You can debug the IIS worker process in the terminal session on the server. You cannot connect to ...
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Issues with SP Online mapped drives in File Explorer

Hope you are well. Using the file explorer is widely preferred is widely preferred in our organisation - and we use WebDav to be able to access file repositories via file explorer. When trying to ...
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Make SharePoint a pure WebDAV-server or avoid "We opened this workbook read-only from the server"

Don't stop reading - this is not the old "How can I stop Office opening my documents read-only from SharePoint"-question. Here's the background: We use SharePoint (2013 as a matter of fact, but I ...
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WebDAV ignores permissions?

Here's an interesting question, regarding WebDAV ("Open with Explorer") in SharePoint 2013 Foundation. We have some old content on our site that will be deleted soon, but in the meantime I have ...
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SharePoint Online SSO Map driver throws error when user change password

A week ago I roll out this solution automatically map your SPO Document Library . Everything was smooth until i changed the password of the user account. Now I get the error : Mapping target: \...
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Finding Links from Web DAV

Does anyone know of a way in which I can obtain the URL of a file if I am using the Windows Explorer or Web DAV view of a document library. So far I can only get the link by either the browser version ...
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How to access SharePoint webDav on it own server

I have a problem when connecting to SharePoint WebDav on it own SharePoint server by public URL, It displayed authentication popup repeatedly, even authentication was successfully. \\\test.echilli.cv\...
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WebDAV not working with Form Based Authentication

I am really stuck with this and have tried everything to get this to work AND really need some help. I have a Site Collection where users log in via the Default SP Login Page, when they log in and ...
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WebDAV versioning problems during upload

We experienced an issue where users were uploading files using Windows Explorer (WebDAV).  While uploading large files, it would continuously create new versions.  A 10 MB file ended up with 268 ...
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Mount point to access the site's assets

I'm developing a Sharepoint Online website, and I'd like to use git's versioning on my CSS/JS/HTML assets. The ideal solution for me would be to have a mount point pointing to my Sharepoint assets, ...
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Visual Studio intellisense over WebDav (DAVWWW) does not work. Failed to Start Monitoring

The page lives in a library inside SharePoint 2007 and has inline c#.. no master page or sharepoint references. I can open, edit and save the page via the URL. But getting warnings and no intellisense....
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Explorer view feature is not working, SharePoint 2007

The explorer view feature is not working on our SharePoint 2007 portal. When users try to view a SP list in explore view they are prompted with the following error: "Your client does not support ...
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Open with Explorer in SharePoint 2013 not working

Hi we are currently experiencing error when accessing "Open with Explorer" in DocLib and davWWWRoot on our QA SharePoint 2013 Portal. After 3 log in attempt it show below error: ---------------------...
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WebDAV issues since moving SQL instance

We are currently running a SharePoint 2013 farm on-site, and one of our intranet sites is used for file storage & collaboration. For one specific business case, users use a mapped drive to quickly ...
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Cannot access sharepoint folder via UNC from remote servers

We were unable to open a given document library/folder in Explorer View due to the "A device attached to the system is not functioning". Because it had 10K files in it, we had to make the registry ...
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Should we disable client integration in internet site (anonymous access) due to WebDAV issue?

There is a link that MS advises to disable client integration feature to prevent cross site scripting "In the event there is a cross site scripting attack using WebDAV by contributors to a site, a ...
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How to show an alternative web structure when browsing a SharePoint site?

I need to present an alternative web structure when browsing a SharePoint site in Windows Explorer file dialogs (based on some metadata like e.q. related department etc. and not the actual location ...
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How to access via WebDAV without clicking "Open in Explorer View"

We were successful at having WebDAV access to a Sharepoint Site on Office 365. The issue is that this only works after the users clicks "Open in Explorer View" at least once. Then when the session ...
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SharePoint 2013 Open with Explorer in IE9 issue

I have a SharePoint 2013 site, which is accessible through IE9, when I click on "Open with Explorer" icon in the Ribbon, it prompts with a message box saying "We're having a problem opening this ...
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Locks on Office documents since beginning of july 2023 (using Webdav)

A customer experiences major problems using SharePoint via webdav since the beginning of july. A document can be saved in SharePoint (2019 on premise) but cannot re saved again, a lock persists for ...
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WebDAV and sharepoint server subscription edition

good morning, is WebDAV still working on SharePoint subscription edition? Because when I clicked Open with Explorer it is trying to use OneDrive instead of the UNC path. i already added the site in ...
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Open excel in a SharePoint with VBA in edit mode

I want to edit an Excel stored on a SharePoint but the file can't be modified. I use this code to open the distant file and edit: Private Sub test() Dim destFolder, fs, f Dim ptrFile Set ...
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Where does non-SharePoint content saved to SharePoint via WebDAV end up?

Where does non-SharePoint content saved via WebDAV end up? If I use the Windows Explorer to open any site in SharePoint, I can create a folder using the Explorer and add files. But these files aren't ...
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