This FTP site cannot be viewed in Windows Explorer.

Anonymous
2010-10-13T23:34:01+00:00

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium and am unable to access FTP files OR the internet from Windows Explorer.

Under "internet options" on the Advanced tab, I have checked both "Enable FTP Folder View (Outside of Internet Explorer)" and "Use Passive FTP (For Firewall and DSL Modem Compatibility), but it still will not work.

On another computer using Windows 7 Enterprise, I have no problem accessing FTP files/folders or the internet, and have verified that all settings match on the two computers.

Is this a Windows 7 Home Premium issue, or possibly a firewall issue? My firewall is COMODO.

This is endlessly frustrating. I would appreciate any insight.

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Anonymous
2011-11-28T20:33:31+00:00

Hi guys,

Here is the solution. Worked for me:

(Save a backup of your registry before you try this).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp]

@="URL:File Transfer Protocol"

"AppUserModelID"="Microsoft.InternetExplorer.Default"

"EditFlags"=dword:00000002

"FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\Windows\system32\ieframe.dll,-905"

"ShellFolder"="{63da6ec0-2e98-11cf-8d82-444553540000}"

"Source Filter"="{E436EBB6-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}"

"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\DefaultIcon]

*@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,*

*00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,75,00,72,00,*

6c,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell]

@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ftp\shell\open]

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-28T15:12:00+00:00

    Very similar issue here!! I am also running windows 7 home premium.

    I have 4 machines on the network, 2 running XP, 2 running windows 7. All machines are connected to wireless.

    XP machines happily access ftp sites either via explorer, IE or FTP client (filezilla).

    Win7 machines quite happily access any http location, and various areas of the network (printer / network attached storage), but refuse to access any ftp location using any method thrown at it: Explorer, filezilla, IE etc. In my case, when I connect the win7 machines to the network via a wired connection, all is good - FTP access works. But I want to be able to access ftp location via wireless! The win7 machines are 2 different models, with 2 different wireless adapters. The issue really does seem to point to win7.

    There is certainly some ftp win7 weirdness going on here.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-17T15:43:37+00:00

    Hello Prairie21

    The thread you are posting in is almost a year old and will most likely be overlooked. Please create a new thread describing your issue in full detail. Thanks.

     

    A year old but still not working, Nicholas - perhaps you guys at the Microsoft end could stimulate some interest!

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-09-27T19:51:53+00:00

    We have a similar problem. Everything was working fine, but now when all FTP is sent ot FireFox and if we try to force Windows Explorer we get the message that this site cannot be opened with WIndows Explorer. It is not the site as we can use a different computer and ftp to the site with Window Explorer.

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