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cannot access a folder in my server

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by mua

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I cannot access a folder in my server from win98 client,even login as administrator. but i can access it after i renamed the folder.Why?

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by ann777

What was the original name?

You might have accidentally embedded a control character, alternate character, or an invisible character when originally creating the folder. Renaming it, clears any of those issues.

by mua

Thanks!
no control characters or other illegal characters.In fact,I always can access the folder before the error occured.I did nothing when the error occured.

by sfix

There is a limit to the number of characters a root share name can have and still be visible to Win98. I'm not sure how many, but I think it's around 11 or 12 characters. I'm not even sure where this is documented, I just know we ran into problemsonce with 98 machines not being able to see shares and it was because the Share Name was too long.

by mua

Tanks a lot!
I'm sure the number of characters arenot exceed the limitation.In fact,I always can access the folder before the error occured.I did nothing when the error occured.

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