Computer Hangs When Using the DIR Command in DFS Shared Folders
Article ID: 181087
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q181087
SYMPTOMS
When you use the DIR command from a command prompt on a Windows 95
Distributed File System (DFS) client to view the contents of a DFS shared
network folder on a Windows NT server, your computer may stop responding
(hang).
CAUSE
This behavior can occur for any of the following reasons:
- The current folder in which you are using the DIR command is several
levels down on the DFS shared network drive. For example, this
behavior can occur if you use the DIR command in Folder5 of the
following path
<drive>:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Folder4\Folder5
- The DFS volume on the Windows NT server has a volume label.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, remove the volume label from the DFS volume on
the Windows NT server.
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