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Vista Business & VMware Tools - Explorer.exe crashes on shared folders
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Chuck Chopp
Nov 24, 2006, 2:10:12 PM11/24/06
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I'm running the RTM build of Windows Vista Business, installed into a guest
VM under VMware v5.5.3 on a WinXP Pro SP2 host. I have shared folders
enabled for this VM. If I connect a drive letter as follows:
VM under VMware v5.5.3 on a WinXP Pro SP2 host. I have shared folders
enabled for this VM. If I connect a drive letter as follows:
NET USE Z: \\.host
And I then start an instance of explorer.exe, followed by navigating to
"Computer" [a.k.a. My Computer], I get message from Vista indicating that
explorer.exe encountered a problem and had to be stopped. This only happens
when the explorer attempts to browser into the default namespace such that
it needs to enumerate the drive letter that is connected to "\\.host" for
access to shared folders.
If I disconnect the network drive, then explorer.exe behaves normally w/o
any crashes.
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moconnell
Nov 28, 2006, 7:30:00 AM11/28/06
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Chuck Chopp wrote:
> I'm running the RTM build of Windows Vista Business, installed into a
> guest VM under VMware v5.5.3 on a WinXP Pro SP2 host. I have shared
> folders enabled for this VM. If I connect a drive letter as follows:
>
> NET USE Z: \\.host
>
> And I then start an instance of explorer.exe, followed by navigating to
> "Computer" [a.k.a. My Computer], I get message from Vista indicating
> that explorer.exe encountered a problem and had to be stopped. This
> only happens when the explorer attempts to browser into the default
> namespace such that it needs to enumerate the drive letter that is
> connected to "\\.host" for access to shared folders.
>
> If I disconnect the network drive, then explorer.exe behaves normally
> w/o any crashes.
>
>
I've had the same issue: > I'm running the RTM build of Windows Vista Business, installed into a
> guest VM under VMware v5.5.3 on a WinXP Pro SP2 host. I have shared
> folders enabled for this VM. If I connect a drive letter as follows:
>
> NET USE Z: \\.host
>
> And I then start an instance of explorer.exe, followed by navigating to
> "Computer" [a.k.a. My Computer], I get message from Vista indicating
> that explorer.exe encountered a problem and had to be stopped. This
> only happens when the explorer attempts to browser into the default
> namespace such that it needs to enumerate the drive letter that is
> connected to "\\.host" for access to shared folders.
>
> If I disconnect the network drive, then explorer.exe behaves normally
> w/o any crashes.
>
>
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=61625
No solution but for a work around you can use cmd prompt to navigate
through to the mapped location. I guess that exoplorer invokes some guff
that causes this to happen...
would live to know a solution as it's stopping me do some vital tests..
MOC
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