DOCUMENT:Q232906 17-DEC-2000 [win95x] TITLE :WRQ NFS Client Cannot Connect to NFS File System Using UNC PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:95 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you attempt to connect to a network resource using a UNC path, you may receive an error message stating that the network path was not found, and the name of the missing file is the name of the shared folder.pif file. CAUSE ===== This issue can occur if you are using WRQ Reflections NFS Client 7.0, and the network resource that you are connecting to is using an NFS file system that was exported using complex syntax, and a directory delimiter appears in the export name. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, contact the administrator of the NFS server and see if the administrator can export the file system using simple syntax, or you can browse to the NFS server you want using Network Neighborhood, and then map a drive letter. The third-party products discussed in this article are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWin95search kbWin98search kbWin98SEsearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98 kbWin98SE Version : WINDOWS:95 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.