Cannot View or Connect to Windows NT Server Shares after Installing Internet Explorer

ID: Q184488

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install Internet Explorer with the Active Desktop enabled, you may not be able to view all shares available or connect to a share on a Windows NT server that has thousands of shares available.

MORE INFORMATION

When you install the Active Desktop components, the Shell32.dll file is updated. This updated file does not contain the fix that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q160807 Cannot Connect to Windows NT Server with Many Shares

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain and install Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2. You can obtain Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download

Additional query words: sharepoint


Keywords          : kbnetwork msiew95 msient 
Version           : 
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 3, 1999