Smbntefs probelm accessing windows shares

Hello,
I followed the wiki guide about smbnetfs and the output informations after smbnetfs installation. The shares are automatically mounted in /mnt/smbnet and I can see them,
but when i double click a share
(through Thunar - Xfce4) I take the following message:
Failed to open directory "PC_SHARE"
Software caused connection abort
Is the problem caused because of file permissions?
Can anyone tell me in detail what chmod I have to do and where?
Also which files must be in ~/.smb? (and the permissions of that folder)
(At the past I had no problem accessing the shares with the same tool and without conserning about the permissions of that folders)

Have you tried simply disconnecting from the Windows share and reconnecting? Rebooting may be overkill
The Mac network browser seems to be relatively static or lazy, and often needs a bit of prodding to recognize changes on the other systems, esp. a Windows share.
I would not call it a bug, but it is something to be aware of.
Sometimes the Windows share on my Mac remains in the Finder window long after I have shut down the Windows box.

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