I'm trying to connect to an HTTPS WebDAV folder on Windows 7. I go to a "Computer" Explorer window, right click, and click "Add a Network Location." I follow the prompts and get "The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another." It works fine on Windows XP. How do I make this work?
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Instead of going through the GUI it said you should go to a command prompt and type in a command similar to this one:
net use *
It prompted me for a username and password and then mapped the drive.
I was able to access my files this way. Hope it works for you.
1This works for Windows 10:
net use drive_letter: \\sitename@ssl@port/folder/subfolder password /user:userID
The @port is the port number if required. For example
net use x: \\webdav.example.edu@ssl@5050/proj/xyz correct.horse.battery.staple /user:stuGo to a "Computer" Explorer window, right click, and click "Add a Network Location.
In the dialog box you write like this
\\yourserverfqdn@SSL\folderfor example if your webdav URL is should be
\\Notes:
Don't add ' at start of you address
Your SSL certificate should be added to windows store if it is self signed.
Sometimes it fails at first time but with second try it works .
1By default, the Webclient service is not running on windows 8.1+ client. But for windows 7 client this service is running by default.
So please try to start the WebClient service on windows 8.1+ client to check if it helps.
I just got it working by doing this =)
You can also use mklink in Windows 7+
mklink /J "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\RemoteResourceName" \\remoteserver.com.pl@SSL@2078\DavWWWRoot
