Enable Folder view of FTP Sites - option missing.

[Hasit]

I am using IE 5.00.2919.6397CO. If I go to
TOOLS>INTERNET OPTIONS and then select the ADVANCED tab, I have an option for "Enable Folder view of FTP Sites".

I have a colleague who uses EXACTLY the same version, but the "Enable Folder view of FTP Sites" option does not appear in his list under the ADVANCED tab.

Any thoughts about:

1. Why it is missing, and;
2. How to get it back?

Thanks.

 

[Hasit]

Sorry - the version is 5.00.2919.6307CO (note the 0 in 6307), rather than 5.00.2919.6397CO (note the 9 in 6397).

 

[BernBoy]

I have IE6sp1 with all the updates and a couple of people have the same issue with the Enable folder View for FTP sits - option missing. I've reinstalled IE6 and brower Enhanements, but the option is still not there. Did you get yours resolved?

 

[Hasit]

Nope, never got it resolved. Much trawling via Google did not bring anything up either. Sorry.

 

[eyec]

did you also select "use passive ftp". if you are either on dsl or behind a firewal you need to have this selected.

 

[bcastner]

ERPMan's Windows Tips:

IE 6 does not include the option to enable/disable Folder View for FTP sites and even if it does the option
(whether enabling or disabling it in IE 6 & higher) does NOT work (the FTP Folder view option first appeared
in IE 5 on the Advanced tab of the Internet Options control panel applet). To really disable FTP Folder View,
locate the 'msieftp.dll' file in the Windows System folder:
('c:\windows\system' for Win98 & ME; 'c:\winnt\system32' for WinNT4 & 2000)
Rename the msieftp.dll file to something like msieftp.000 or msieftp.--- [do not delete the msieftp.dll file
because you might need it later on if you decide to use FTP Folder view] and now try browsing any FTP
sites in IE 6 (you now have the regular view for FTP sites instead of the folder view). To enable Folder View
for FTP sites simply rename that file back to 'msieftp.dll' and view any FTP site in the IE 6 window. This is not a problem for Windows XP & Server 2003 users as the FTP 'Folder View' option works correctly with IE 6 under WinXP & Win2003. Note that this tip may not work properly under WinME if you installed IE 6
on top of IE 5.5 with the SFP feature enabled. In that case find and rename all traces of the 'ie_extra.dat'
file and then try to rename the msieftp.dll file & you should get the regular HTML view for FTP sites in WinME.

 

[Hasit]

Thanks bcastner. Because my original post was 3 years ago, things have certainly improved with IE and FTP site views.

Appreciate you taking the time to post the message though.

Thanks.