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Q140062: FindFirstFile Returns Error: The Network Name Was Deleted

Article: Q140062
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbProgramming
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you programmatically add a share (NetShareAdd) and immediately run
FindFirstFile on the directory just shared, the following error is displayed:

  The network name was deleted.

This only happens if the share is created on the local computer.

CAUSE
=====

"Invalid UID or TID" is returned internally because there is no
SrvSmbSessionSetupAndX and SrvSmbTreeConnectAndX Server Message Block (SMB) yet.

RESOLUTION
==========

After NetShareAdd, call FindFirstFile more than once. Only the first call
returns the error.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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With the correct SHARE_INFO_502 structure, the following code would cause this
error:

  ret = NetShareAdd(TEXT("\\\\SERVER"),502, (LPBYTE)&si_502,NULL);

     if ( ret != 0)
     {
        wprintf(TEXT("NetShareAdd() error!"));
        return;
     }

     if((fh=FindFirstFile(TEXT("\\\\SERVER\\TEST\\*"),&wfd))==
     INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE){
        ErrorHandler(TEXT("FindFirstFile() failed!"));}

Additional query words: prodnt
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Keywords          : kbProgramming 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : 4.0

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