Windows Vista Common Dialogs and SharePoint

I have been using Windows XP Pro w/Office 2007 and SharePoint 2.0 on
an SBS system for sometime without any problems. However, I recently
migrated to a new PC running Vista, still with Office 2007, and have
been disappointed to discover that Microsoft has apparently put wedges
in the integration between the client OS and SharePoint, where it was
so seamless with XP. These issues I describe are all applicable to
the common dialog box that is displayed when opening and closing
documents:

1. If a SharePoint site (whether it's a mapped drive, UNC path, or
URL, was the most recently used location, the Common Dialog box will
not open the site the next time the dialog is displayed. Instead it
reverts to my personal documents folder on the local PC. It forces me
to renavigate back to my SharePoint site. Can't add a link to a
SharePoint site to Network Places as we all now know because of the
"invalid location" error that occurs when you try.

2. All of the Explorer functionality that was available from within a
Common Dialog (copy, move, delete, and create new files and folders,
change view settings, etc.) is no longer available when browsing a
SharePoint site. Again, I need to stop what I am doing and either
open the site in Windows Explorer or browse to it with IE, perform the
necessary task, and then return to what I had started.

3. Finally, in spite of problem #1, you can still choose a most
recently used SharePoint path from a drop-down list that appears at
the top of a Common Dialog. However, Vista throws up an error about
not being able to open the link, but if you cancel the error message
then click "Go" button next to the now displayed link, the Common
Dialog will open the specified SharePoint site. Sometimes this helps
in dealing with problem #1 but it still adds too many steps to the
process that I didn't used to have to follow.

I was very productive using SharePoint prior to Vista and found it to
be an excellent means for document storage. However, that is far from
true at this point and it makes me wonder if I need to bag SharePoint
and go back to plain old file shares or bag Vista and go back to XP.

Schyler

1: Open Windows Explorer>>Tools>>Folder Options>>View>>Remember Each
Folder's View Settings should be CHECKED.

2. <My understanding is that you are talking about the Explorer in Share
Point>
In order to enable it you have to enter your name into the list of USERS for
this app. It is better to enter your name in the most general overarching
folder (but not too general to include other programs).
Folder>>Right Click>>Properties>>Security>>Edit>>Add>>Add your name as you
enter it while signing in. Give yourselves FULL control. click Apply. close
the box.

I think problem #3 will take care of itself once you fixed #1.

Good luck.

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>I have been using Windows XP Pro w/Office 2007 and SharePoint 2.0 on
> an SBS system for sometime without any problems. However, I recently
> migrated to a new PC running Vista, still with Office 2007, and have
> been disappointed to discover that Microsoft has apparently put wedges
> in the integration between the client OS and SharePoint, where it was
> so seamless with XP. These issues I describe are all applicable to
> the common dialog box that is displayed when opening and closing
> documents:
>
> 1. If a SharePoint site (whether it's a mapped drive, UNC path, or
> URL, was the most recently used location, the Common Dialog box will
> not open the site the next time the dialog is displayed. Instead it
> reverts to my personal documents folder on the local PC. It forces me
> to renavigate back to my SharePoint site. Can't add a link to a
> SharePoint site to Network Places as we all now know because of the
> "invalid location" error that occurs when you try.
>
> 2. All of the Explorer functionality that was available from within a
> Common Dialog (copy, move, delete, and create new files and folders,
> change view settings, etc.) is no longer available when browsing a
> SharePoint site. Again, I need to stop what I am doing and either
> open the site in Windows Explorer or browse to it with IE, perform the
> necessary task, and then return to what I had started.
>
> 3. Finally, in spite of problem #1, you can still choose a most
> recently used SharePoint path from a drop-down list that appears at
> the top of a Common Dialog. However, Vista throws up an error about
> not being able to open the link, but if you cancel the error message
> then click "Go" button next to the now displayed link, the Common
> Dialog will open the specified SharePoint site. Sometimes this helps
> in dealing with problem #1 but it still adds too many steps to the
> process that I didn't used to have to follow.
>
> I was very productive using SharePoint prior to Vista and found it to
> be an excellent means for document storage. However, that is far from
> true at this point and it makes me wonder if I need to bag SharePoint
> and go back to plain old file shares or bag Vista and go back to XP.
>
> Schyler