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Friday, August 21, 2015 4:07 PM

How is WebDAV setup in Windows 10....?  Desktop computer: when signing in to my ftp account, it recommends to setup a WebDAV account....  Not finding instruction on setup up this account -- please help.

Thanks,

Kevin,

 

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Sunday, August 23, 2015 5:53 AM âś…Answered

Hi Kevin,

What's your issue? Could you give us more details?

Where did you sign in your FTP account? Did you want to access one website or anything else?

This article is as a reference for you :

WebDAV <webdav>

https://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/webdav

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 2:55 PM

Here I am again, just tried to use WebDAV on Windows 10 and it fails with 

The object is to connect my computer to a WebDAV server, not just an IIS server, any WebDAV server.

Thanks

Monday, April 8, 2019 8:40 PM

I am running Windows 10 Professional Version 1809 on a Lenovo ThinkPad P52.  I am connecting to a WebDAV Server app (Version 1.17 from The Olive Tree - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.webdavserver&hl=en - free version with ads) running on a Moto E4 running Andriod V7.1.1.

I have been using the The Olive Tree WebDAV app for years and have been very happy with it.  I was somewhat surprised to find that there is not much information about accessing it from Windows 10, although I do see a lot of whining out there because Microsoft has made it difficult (some would say impossible) to access WebDAV servers from Windows 10.

It is important to realize that Olive Tree WebDAV does not support encrypted communication.  I use it only on my private home network and only on my Moto phone which has nothing of value to a hacker.  I have "Use password" unchecked in my WebDAV Server app settings, so my implementation is even less secure than it could be.  But because communication is not encrypted, even if a password is used the userid and password flow over the network unencrypted so it is relatively easy for an intruder to snoop the network to obtain your userid and password.

My Android phone is on my home Wi-Fi at IP address 10.0.0.19.  I left the port used by the WebDAV server at the default (8080).  When I start the WebDAV server on my Android phone, I see "WebDAV server available on: http://10.0.0.19:8080.  Home directory: /storage/emulated/0 Passord disabled."

After starting the WebDav server on my Android phone, I can access it from my workstation.

I open File Explorer and navigate to This PC.  (The web page at https://simplyfixit.co.uk/open-file-explorer-windows-10/ documents a number of ways to open File Explorer and the web page at http://mycomputerwindows10.com/ documents several ways to navigate to This PC.)  I use Start > Windows System > This PC to open This PC in File Explorer.

On the Computer tab of the This PC File Explorer window, I click on the "Map Network Drive" drop-down and select Map Network Drive.  In the window which opens, I select Drive: Z: (which is unused on my workstation).  In the Folder: field, I type http://10.0.0.19:8080 and click on Finish.  A new Windows Explorer window opens which shows the files on my Android device and the files are also accessable on a Z: drive.

Back on the File Explorer This PC window where I started, an icon labelled "DavWWWRoot (\10.0.0.19:8080) (Z:)" has appeared.

When I am finished accessing the Android, in the File Explorer This PC window where I started, I right-click on the "DavWWWRoot (\10.0.0.19:8080) (Z:)" icon and select Disconnect.  The icon disappears.  The PC can no longer access files on the Android.

If you find this information useful and use it to configure Windows 10 access a WebDAV server other Olive Tree, please post that information here for the benefit of others.

BTW, I believe that Windows 10 automatically starts the WebClient service (see Start > Windows Administrative Tools > Services) when adding a network location.  I am guessing that "Add a network location" will run faster if the WebClient is configured to start automatically at boot time.  And that might be needed for reliability also.  See more below.

Troubleshooting

If the above does not work, try the following:

  1. Confirm that your PC can talk to your Android phone.

    Open a Windows Command Prompt window with Start > Windows System > Command Prompt.  Issue the ping command followed by the IP address of the Android phone (taken from the "WebDAV server available" message):

    C:\Users\StevePittman>ping 10.0.0.19

    Pinging 10.0.0.19 with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 10.0.0.19: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
    Reply from 10.0.0.19: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
    Reply from 10.0.0.19: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
    Reply from 10.0.0.19: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64

    Ping statistics for 10.0.0.19:
        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
        Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 2ms

    C:\Users\StevePittman>

    Output should appear as shown in the example above.

  2. Confirm that your PC can browse the URL presented by the WebDAV server.

    Open a Microsoft Explorer window with Start > Windows Accessories > Internet Explorer.  In the URL bar, type the URL shown in the "WebDAV server available" message - eg, http://10.0.0.19:8080 - and press Enter.  Output similar to the following should show up in the browser window:

    Android(edit with office) Mon Jan 08 00:08:39 MST 2018
    Music(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:15:39 MDT 2017
    Podcasts(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:15:39 MDT 2017
    Ringtones(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:15:39 MDT 2017
    Alarms(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:15:39 MDT 2017
    Notifications(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:15:39 MDT 2017
    Pictures(edit with office) Sat Jul 21 01:15:08 MDT 2018
    Movies(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:15:40 MDT 2017
    Download(edit with office) Sun Jul 15 21:14:21 MDT 2018
    DCIM(edit with office) Sat Mar 17 16:56:52 MDT 2018
    alt_autocycle(edit with office) Thu Oct 26 03:17:12 MDT 2017
    smvvm(edit with office) Thu Dec 20 07:39:13 MST 2018
    CallRecordings(edit with office) Sat Apr 06 21:22:42 MDT 2019
    SMSBackupRestore(edit with office) Sat Dec 15 14:52:08 MST 2018

    If Internet Explorer is unable to access the URL, then it is likely that a firewall is blocking port 8080 between your PC and your Android phone.

    If Microsoft Explorer prompts you to enter login credentials, then on your Android phone stop the WebDAV server, choose the wrench icon in the upper right-hand corner of the WebDAV server app window, and in Settings, uncheck the Use Password box.  Close Settings, start the WebDAV server, and try again to access the WebDAV server from your PC.

  3. Confirm that the WebClient service is able to start.

    Open the Windows Services window with Start > Windows Administrative Tools > Services.  Scroll down to find the WebClient service.  Make sure that the Startup Type is not Disable.

  4. I saw a few instances of "The file size exceeds the limit allowed and cannot be saved." error when attempting to copy large files from my Android to Windows 10.  I was able to eliminate that problem by editing the registry with Start > Windows Administrative Tools > Registry Editor, navigating to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters, and changing the FileSizeLimitInBytes from 50000000 decimal to 4294967295 (the maximum possible value).  That allows me to copy files up to 4 GB (minus 1 byte) in size.  (Please see https://www.thewindowsclub.com/file-size-exceeds-limit-allowed-cannot-saved for an image of the registry editor.)

  5. I saw a few instances of "The network path was not found." when trying to copy a large file from my Android to Windows 10.  My attempt to copy would proceed for a few minutes and then fail with the cited error message.  There is a lot of chatter regarding the issue at https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/17c9ea7d-52df-4ef9-95fa-0a961d11bfa3/fix-for-cannot-access-nas-drives-sharefolder-is-not-accessible-or-quoterror-code?forum=w8itpronetworking but I was unable to find good advice there.  (I was unwilling to delete and recreate the network adapter definitions on Windows 10 as recommended there.)  I was not seeing hard failures as described there, but rather intermittent failures when copying large files.

    Without much justification, I suspected that the Windows 10 WebClient service might be restarting intermittently.  I used Start > Windows Administrative Tools > Services to change the WebClient Startup Type from Manual (Trigger Start) to Automatic (Trigger Start).  That did not fix the problem immediately but seems (fingers crossed) to have fixed the problem once I restarted Windows 10.