Windows Shell caches user credentials authentication scheme that may cause various issues when developing WebDAV server. Credentials and Authentication Schema Caching In this case, you can use the workaround described here. However for development purposes you often will require to enable non-SSL access. By default, the Windows WebDAV client will fail to connect to insecure WebDAV server using Basic. The first thing to try is to uncheck the ' Automatically Select Settings' checkbox in LAN Settings dialog:īasic authentication requires SSL/HTTPS connection to be used. In many cases, they are caused by a proxy or firewall server.

In some environments, you may experience long delays when browsing WebDAV server. Long Delays When Connecting and Browsing WebDAV Server However, this does not pertain to any other special characters encoding - Windows Shell will correctly encode them using percent encoding. As though you cannot name your items my%file.docx and my%folder. Note that Microsoft mini-redirector does not support '%' symbol in file and folder names. Special Characters Support in Windows Shell In this case DavWWWRoot will not appear in URLs. Windows Shell recognizes special URI format that looks segment is optional if the default port 80 or 443 is used, as well as you should specify only if SSL/HTTPS is required. The fastest way to connect to WebDAV server on Windows is to use Windows Explorer address bar. Specifying WebDAV Server Url in Windows Explorer Address Bar To enable it, install the Desktop Experience feature.įor Web Folders client provided with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 please see this article.įor how to mount a drive to WebDAV server please see this article. Important! Mini-Redirector is not installed by default on Windows Server 2008 and later Windows Server versions. Here we will describe mini-redirector provided with Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Mini-Redirector is a Microsoft WebDAV client that is provided as part of Windows. Connecting to WebDAV server on Microsoft Windows

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