WebDAV on Windows XP

How to configure access to your eGCC files.

1. Open My Network Places from the desktop.
2. Select Add a network place from the task list. The Add Network Place Wizard window appears.
3. Click Next to begin.
4. Select Choose another network location and click Next.
5. Enter one of the following address forms for Internet or network address:
   For your home directory, use https://files.gccaz.edu/home/U/S/USERNAME , e.g. if your user name is plovings, you would use https://files.gccaz.edu/home/p/l/plovings .
   For the shared space, use https://files.gccaz.edu/shared .
6. Click Next.
7. You will be prompted to logon. Enter your eGCC username and password.
8. Now, you may give a name for the shortcut, or keep the default. Click Next.
9. Click Finish.
10. You will be prompted to logon again.

The above steps only need be done one for your home directory and once for the shared space. Once both shortcuts have been configured, use the following directions to access these spaces.

How to access your configured WebDAV shortcut

1. Open My Network Places from the desktop.
2. Select the shortcut you created previously. The default names are USERNAME on files.gccaz.edu and shared on files.gccaz.edu.

Known issues with WebDAV on Windows XP

• Files on WebDAV connections are not treated as equivalent to local files. This means that most applications will not be able to open files directly from the WebDAV connection. Instead of attempting to open a file directly, you should first copy it to a local directory, then open it and work with it remembering to copy it back to the remote directory when you are finished.

• Files marked hidden will be listed in WebDAV directories, but you will not be able to copy them or access them in any way. If a directory or any of its subdirectories contains a hidden file, copying that directory recursively may silently fail to copy all the files. This issue is currently being submitted to Microsoft for review.