Is there a # of files limitation for shares?

[maybeimaleo]

I have a share on an app server that is setup like so:

share1
-------folder
------------folder2
----------------share2
-------------------folder
----------------------share3
--------------------------4000 files under share3

Whether I connect to share3 by a mapped drive, or by going to start, run, then \\server\share1 or share2, then navigating to share3, or by mapping a drive to share1 or 2 then navigating to share3 I find this problem:

Sometimes the files show up and sometimes they don't. If I close the window and reopen it then the files in the share reappear.


Does anyone have a reason as to why this may be happening?

 

[teckystuff]

Becuase you have quite a large amount of files to display it can be a few things. Firstly it could be your graphics card/driver. Have you ever scrolled very quickly on a webpage or similar and found the picture distorted - similar effect.
Secondly, try and disable you anti-virus software (for testing purposes only)and see if it fixes.
Thirdly it could be you are being too anxious. Sometimes it takes a while to build the list of files especially if you are accessesing them over a WAN connection.

Let me know if any help.

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[Griffyn]

if the volume the share is on is formatted as FAT, then I would expect significant delays when viewing a folder in explorer with this many files. If it is with NTFS, then I am surprised. Go to the command prompt and type 'CHKDSK C: /F' (no quotes) and presuming the share is on drive C. If it says the volume is locked, say Yes to have it schedule a disk check and then reboot.

If you have a FAT volume, consider converting it to NTFS - there's a command line option (CONVERT I think) to do this for you.