{"id":724,"date":"2011-12-02T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuartroberts.net\/?p=724"},"modified":"2011-12-02T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T19:37:08","slug":"explorer-view-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stuartroberts.net\/index.php\/2011\/12\/02\/explorer-view-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Open with Explorer on Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re developing with SharePoint using Windows Server 2008 (will work with Windows 7, unless someone’s restricted the Windows Features that are installed) and are unable to open a library via Windows Explorer, follow the simple steps outlined below to enable it.<\/p>\n

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For example, clicking the Open with Explorer<\/em> library ribbon menu item, can fail and show the Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer.<\/em> message.<\/p>\n

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The enable this functionality, the simplest way is to enable the Desktop Experience<\/a> feature.
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\nFrom the Windows run<\/em> dialog, enter ServerManager.msc<\/em> and click the OK button. This will load the Server Manager console application. Selecting the Features<\/em> item from the tree list on the left will load the features summary list, as shown below.<\/p>\n

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Confirm that the Desktop Experience<\/em> feature is not installed and continue with the steps described in this post.<\/p>\n

To add the feature, click the button, shown at the top right of the application. This will load a dialog to allow you to add new features to the operating system. Look for one called Desktop Experience<\/em> and select it.<\/p>\n

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Clicking the Next<\/em> button to continue will start the add features<\/em> wizard.<\/p>\n

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From this dialog, all you need to to is click the Add Required Features<\/em> button, which once complete, will show the installation results information and ask you to restart the server.<\/p>\n

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After restarting your operating system, you should now be able to successfully open libraries in Windows Explorer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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