Computer Hangs When Using the DIR Command in DFS Shared Folders (181087)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1
  • Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
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

    where <drive> is the mapped drive to the DFS shared network folder.
  • 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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbnetwork kbprb KB181087
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