Networked Folder Blank In "View As Icons"

Hi all
This is a very strange issue
We have a number of Mac who store work on a NAS
When the users open a particular folder in "View as icons" it is
blank (see pic)
However if I change the view to list it is shows all that is in there (see
next pic)
Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can put it right - with a lot of folders list view isn't ideal.
Ironically if I change the folder name it shows in list view for a couple of days before going back to blank

It's not that it has been disabled as such, more that it is not the way that the Finder dialogue works in OS X - Apple made a decision when designing OS X that when in Open/Save mode, the column view (which gives complete navigation through your system like Windows' old File Manager) was the most useful method for locating files.
The way I use OS X, I have to say that i NEVER use Open now from inside programs like Photoshop, which I find a cumbersome way to work. Instead I have the folder open on the desktop in Icon view, the icon size set to maximum, and the Arrange By (sort) set to what is needed for that particular project. I use Command-tab to quickly switch between Photoshop and Finder and then I just double-click the large icon of the document I want to open.
Everyone finds their own best and most efficient way of working, so I hope you find a solution that best gels with how you work. OS X gives you lots of options.

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Hi Robert,
First ensure the permissions are also set correctly by right clicking the shared folder, and then open the Security tab.
If your user name is not listed as Full Control click the edit button, add your user name and check the box for as Allow full control.
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Network Discovery
File Sharing
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Printer Sharing (password required)
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Shlomi
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Hi there,
The scan to email works but not the scan to Network Folder. I have tried a lot of things but I give up.
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Hi skile88,
Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience!
I understand you are unable to setup the scan to network.
I will be happy to help you.
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1.Click the Windows icon, then click Control Panel.
2.Click User Accounts, then select the account you used to log into the computer.
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•If the user account is password protected, continue to the next step.
•If the user account is not password protected, click Create a password for your account to create a password, and then continue to the next step.
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1.Click the Windows icon, then click Control Panel.
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1.Open the Network and Sharing Center window.
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•File sharing
•Public folder sharing (read and write access)
•Password protected sharing
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7.Your computer network is now successfully set to complete the Scan and Fax to Network. Folder or Digital Fax to Network Folder Wizard.
I believe that this will provide a resolution to your issue. Thank you.
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Laserjet pro 200 color mfp m276nw network folder setup on PC Windows 7

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I DO NOT have a password for my username.
I have copied and pasted the file path \\OWNER-PC\Scanning
The file is definately set-up for sharing and all permissions are enabled.
I am not putting in a PIN at this time.
Can anyone help me to setup this network folder?
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Hi @Username57 ,
I understand that you are having issues setting up the network folder. I will certainly do my best to help you.
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Right click the folder and left click properties, select the Sharing tab, click the Share button, select who you want to share the folder with or everyone. On the same Sharing tab copy the Network Path. (example \\envy1730\users \Envy\desktop\networkfolder
In the embedded web server for the printer go to the Scan tab, select network folder setup, paste in the path for the network folder. Go through the wizard.
If those steps don't work then follow steps 1, 2, 3, to resolve this issue to try and get the network folder and path.
Step one: Make sure that the computer user account is password protected.
1.Click the Windows icon, then click Control Panel.
2.Click User Accounts, then select the account you used to log into the computer.
3.Click Change your Windows password, then find the user account you used to log into the computer.
•If the user account is password protected, continue to the next step.
•If the user account is not password protected, click Create a password for your account to create a password, and then continue to the next step.
Step two: Define the network location
1.Click the Windows icon, then click Control Panel.
2.Click Network and Sharing Center.
3.In the View your active networks section, click Public network under your network name. The Set Network Location window opens.
4.Select Home Network or Work Network, then click Close.
Step three: Make sure that the network sharing and discovery options are correct
1.Open the Network and Sharing Center window.
2.Click Choose homegroup and sharing options.
3.In the Share libraries and printers section, select Documents.
4.In the Other homegroup actions section, click Change advanced sharing settings.
5.In the Advanced sharing settings window, make sure that the following network options are turned on:
•Network discovery
•File sharing
•Public folder sharing (read and write access)
•Password protected sharing
6.Click Save changes.
7.Your computer network is now successfully set to complete the Scan and Fax to Network. Folder or Digital Fax to Network Folder Wizard.
One user on another post had to do the following:
There was a problem in the "advanced sharing settings window". They turned it off, the option which is after the 128 encryption, I mean the "password protected sharing".
Please let me know the outcome.
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Users are setup so that the Comment Repository is set to Network Folder. In the Administrator Provided Server Settings is a standard UNC path to common folder for comments to be stored.
Problem: The UNC path to the Comment Repository becomes "unset" (i.e. it's blank). I have reset this multiple times where it works for several days and then it mysteriously becomes "unset".
These are generally laptop users who are sometimes connected on the local LAN and sometimes connected through VPN.
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Hi Robert,
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If your user name is not listed as Full Control click the edit button, add your user name and check the box for as Allow full control.
If that does not help, follow these steps in Windows Vista to make sure that your computer is configured to allow network sharing.
Step one: Make sure that the computer user account is password protected
Click the Windows icon ( ), and then click Control Panel .
Click User Accounts , and then select the account you used to log into the computer.
Click Change your Windows password , and then find the user account you used to log into the computer.
If the user account is password protected , continue to the next step.
If the user account is not password protected , click Create a password for your account to create a password, and then continue to the next step.
Step two: Define the network location
Click the Windows icon ( ), and then click Control Panel .
Click Network and Internet .
Click Network and Sharing Center .
Click Customize next to Your Network . The Set Network Location window opens.
Select Private , click Next , and then click Close .
Step three: Make sure that the network sharing and discovery options are correct
Open the Network and Sharing Center window.
In the Sharing and Discovery section, make sure that the following network options are set to On :
Network Discovery
File Sharing
Public Folder Sharing (password required)
Printer Sharing (password required)
Password Protected Sharing
Your computer network is now successfully set to complete the Scan and Fax to Network Folder or Digital Fax to Network Folder Wizard.
Shlomi
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Problem creating a link to a network folder

I am working with a SharePoint 2010 site. Due to not being able to utilize SharePoint Designer, I am limited to editing the site by first navigating to the SharePoint site and then selecting edit page from the site options menu.
I have a table setup and there are two cells within the table that I want to have linked to different network folders. The first cell has 'operations brief' in it, and after researching how to establish a link to a network folder, I learned that I could
do it by inserting a link and pointing to file://servername. In this situation, I highlighted the text and then selected insert and link from address option. I typed in
file://Y:\Operations%20Brief\2013 into the URL field. After saving the site, I tested the link and it successfully opened the network folder.
I then followed the same procedure for another network folder named Quick Reference Card. The only difference between the operations brief folder and the quick reference card folder is that the quick reference card folder has parentheses and numbers - Y:\(8)Library\Quick
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Hi,
I have followed the same procedure what you followed, it is working as expected and both the links are working fine. The following is the HTML SOURCE from the content editor web part. Please verify your HTML source from the content editor part.

Welcome to Operations folder <a href="file:///Y:/Operations%20Brief/2013">Operations</a>
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To view the content editor web part content -> click on Edit Web part ->
And also you can try replacing
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Digial Filing, Scan to Network Folder not working on new Asus Windows 8.1 laptop

I've having difficulty setting up Digital Filing, Scan to Network Folder on my new Asus Windows 8.1 laptop. I'm using a HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series.
It seems to setup correctly with no errors. However, all scans end up with a zero file size PDF. Trying to open them gives the error: “Adobe reader could not open 'scan.pdf' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded).
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I've compared all the setting I could think of to the previous Network Folders that work and cannot find any differences.
The workaround, scanning from my laptop using the Solution Center software (rather from the printer console using digital filing, scan to network folder) works perfectly. As far as I can tell, all other features are working.

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I do not know nor have not needed the Windows password on this laptop. It's been years since I set up this laptop; I don't know if it even has a password.
The ASUS is a new laptop running Windows 8.1. So far, I have been unable to scan to a network folder; all the resulting PDFs are zero bytes.
The network folders are all in Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public; if I try to create them outside this folder, I'm unable to even finish setting up the network scan.
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Username: [email protected]
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I've compared the properties on the folders involved on the two laptops by right-clicking them. So far as I can tell, everything is set exactly the same on both computers.
Below are my experiments – the first three on my older Windows 7 laptop all work perfectly. All the rest on my new Windows 8.1 computer do not work.
==================================================================
Entry 1
Display Name: Scans on Studio
Network Path: \\STUDIO\Users\Public\Public Scans on Studio
(C:\Users\Public\Public Scans on Studio)
Username: STUDIO\Edward
Password: ???
Pin: blank
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==================================================================
Entry 2
Display Name: ScanTestDell
Network Path: \\STUDIO\Users\Public\ScanTestDell
(C:\Users\Public\ScanTestDell)
Username: blank
Password: blank
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WORKS PERFECTLY
==================================================================
Entry 3
Display Name: ScanTestDell2
Network Path: \\STUDIO\Users\Public\ScanTestDell2
(C:\Users\Public\ScanTestDell2)
Username: STUDIO\Edward
Password: blank
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WORKS PERFECTLY
==================================================================
Entry 4
Display Name: AsusTest1
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\1
(C:\Users\Public\1)
Username: ASUS\[email protected]
Password: Gpaork3edrecnlau
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WILL NOT WORK
==================================================================
Entry 5
Display Name: AsusTest2
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\2
(C:\Users\Public\2)
Username: [email protected]
Password: Gpaork3edrecnlau
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WILL NOT WORK
==================================================================
Entry 6
Display Name: AsusTest3
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\3
(C:\Users\Public\3)
Username: blank
Password: blank
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WILL NOT WORK
==================================================================
Entry 7
Display Name: AsusTest4
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\4
(C:\Users\Public\4)
Username: Edward
Password: Gpaork3edrecnlau
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WILL NOT WORK
==================================================================
Entry 8
Display Name: AsusTest5
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\5
(C:\Users\Public\5)
Username: ASUS\Edward
Password: blank
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WILL NOT WORK
==================================================================
Entry 9
Display Name: AsusTest6
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\6
(C:\Users\Public\6)
Username: ASUS\Edward
Password: Gpaork3edrecnlau
Pin: blank
SCANNING TO FOLDER WILL NOT WORK
==================================================================
Entry 10
Display Name: AsusTest7
Network Path: \\ASUS\Users\Public\7
(C:\Users\Public\7)
Username: ASUS\Edward
Password: blank
Pin: blank
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View as icon vs. view as list

If I select "view as icon" for a finder window, it applies that setting to all the windows. Is there a way to "view as icon" in one folder, for example, and to "view as list" in another window. I remember being able to do this in 10.4 on my old laptop.
Thanks,
Ralph

Hey all,
I'm a long time Mac user, way back before OSX. I responded to another thread on a similar subject. It's kind of a long post, but you might find it interesting/helpful. Basically, how an old Mac user approaches the 10.5 Finder (which I've grown to really like, btw).
Here's the thread link...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1766829&tstart=60
Here's the post I put up there...
"Re: Global Finder Window Problems..."
This is actually the default viewing system in 10.5 (newly opened folders automatically adopting the view of any previously opened folder). I little weird at first, but read on for my take on why I think 10.5 is much nicer than 10.4 and preceding OXSs.
I started using Macs in the pre-OSX days, so was used to the completely dependable and always predictable "spatial" Finder of OS9 and down. Spatial meaning, folders all opening in new windows with every window position, view setting, icon position, even scroll bar (if there is one) remembered without exception. Also, no browser mode at all.
So I tried to recreate the old OS9 default folder view in 10.4... First, create a desktop folder, set to icon view, turn off Toolbar/Sidbar, which causes nested folders to open in their own new window. Great! Now all folders within created within that folder adopt that view, right? They do, but not if you drag one to the desktop, at that point the Toolbar/Sidebar magically reappears. It also reappears if you navigate to the same folder via Dock's cascading menu system (assuming you've placed a hard drive or folder there). Another 10.4 oddity...if you have Finder set to open at the top level "Computer" when activated from it's Dock icon, it would never remember icon size and position. Sometimes even forgetting window size/position (at least my install of 10.4 did this). On and on....life with the forgetful, stubborn OSX Finder.
However, 10.5 is fantastic at remembering folder view settings. Only thing is, that's not turned on by default. Instead, the default behavior is for folders to adopt the previous folder view setting. This is actually not a bad thing if you prefer to use the browser style navigation the Finder offers. You alter a view setting, list view for example, browse a while, then change it to icon, continue browsing, etc, etc... Thats 10.5's default behavior. To make a specific folder remember a view state, all you have to do is set the view you want, open the Show View Options and check the Always Open In... check box. Now, it will very dependably remember it's view state.
Personally, I've always had my own ideas about how the Finder should behave, and have suggested them to Apple. I've always thought there should be a separate Finder/Browser app that boots up from the Dock Finder icon. It always opens with the Toolbar/Sidebar on (ie: all folders are navigated to via a single browser window). You set it to some browser friendly view (ie: list, column), and it retains that view state as you browse no matter what view settings you may have set for an individual folder. That's the Finder/Browser. To see unique pre-folder view settings, you open the hard drive icon from the Desktop. It opens with the Toolbar/Sidebar off (ie: all folders open in new windows). You could consider this to not even being the "Finder application". Just think of it as "manually looking at the contents of the hard drive". As you drill down, opening new windows, you can create view states which are always remembered when opened via double click the hard drive from the Desktop.
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So 10.5 gives me the best of both worlds. Very reliable spatial (ie: old fashion manually opening window after window....handy for dragging files around the hard drive), and super streamlined browsing...good for navigating to and opening files quickly.
My 3 cents...sorry for the long post.
--Robb

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Chris Mack
As you were, solved, thank you. CM
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Open Finder. Under Preferences > Sidebar > Devices > check Hard disks.
Navigate to your home folder from "Macintosh HD" (or whatever the name of your boot volume is) in the finder. Set the view to column.
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hello,
When trying to open a pdf from a shared network folder I get the error: 'there was an error opening this document the document cannot be found'. The share is on a Windows 7 machine and sharing to a OS X 10.7 Machine. Permisson has been given on the share for 'Everyone' read and Write, and is mapped to the 10.7 machine through the 'Connect to Server' in finder with login credentials.
Can you help please?
Kind regards,
Chris

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Also checked in IE to make sure that Adobe was enabled under the Programs tab.
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Hi all,
I have a 7 G5s and 1 G4 computer, of which I upgraded to 10.4 from 10.3.9. I have updated all OS to 10.4.6. I have 2 small hubs with which I network the computers and 2 printers.
All but 1 G5 can see and access the Public folder of each computer. In each of the Public folder, I have a FULL ACCESS folder, to which you can read and write, along with the default Drop Box.
I have a problem with one of the G5s, when I try to connect to the *problem computer* from another G5, I cannot see the VOLUME in the *SELECT THE VOLUMES TO MOUNT* window. I can see the problem computer in the *My Network* folder, but not the VOLUME when I connect. *+I had no problems before I upgraded.+*
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Has anyone ever seen this problem? It's really wierd since only one computer has the problem and all were upgraded the same time.
Please help.
Thanks in advance
Willis

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Repair Permissions, (good idea after any upgrade).
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