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Q168919: Windows NT Explorer Does Not Refresh New DFS Mappings

Article: Q168919
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetworkkbfixlist
Last Modified: 25-FEB-2002

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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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When you use Windows NT Explorer to map a new drive letter to the root of a
Distributed File System (Dfs) tree, Windows NT Explorer does not show the new
drive letter until the view is refreshed either from the View\Refresh menu
option or by pressing the F5 key.


RESOLUTION
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At this time, the only resolution for this problem is a manual refresh of the
Windows NT Explorer window.

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.

Additional query words: dfs explorer refresh

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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