Reinstalling Webfolders on an XP Computer

It is not uncommon for the web folders / WebDAV support in Windows XP to just stop working for no apparent reason.

 

As a last-ditch solution you can usually reinstall the original Web Folders support by finding and executing webfldrs.msi with specific options.

 

webfldrs.msi is probably in one of your system directories. It is easiest to search for it (remember to set advanced search options to include system and hidden folders). When you find the program (it's a normal Microsoft install package) launch it, then do these steps:

 

Click "Select Reinstall Mode"

• Uncheck "Repair all detected reinstall problems".
• Check "Force all files to be reinstalled, regardless of checksum or version".
• Check "Verify that required user registry entries are present".
• Check "Verify that required machine registry entries are present".
• Check "Validate shortcuts".
• Press OK

Click REINSTALL

Normally no reboot is required. Now the web folder client should have been restored as it was shipped.

 

If you previously installed Software Update for Web Folders (KB907306) from the Microsoft site, you may have to install it again.

 

( that link is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=17c36612-632e-4c04-9382-987622ed1d64&DisplayLang=en  )

Uploading Keynote Files to your account

Unlike PowerPoint, Apple's Keynote uses XML and folders called "bundles" to package multiple files and folders into a presentation.

As a result, when uploading or downloading you are actually uploading and downloading a folder structure, and a lot of files.

To make things trickier, OSX and Safari understand the special nature of Keynote "bundles". The Finder will treat the folder bundle as a presentation, and if you try to upload one to My Docs Online via Safari, it will be grayed out (you can't select it for upload).

If you use FireFox, you can select the "presentation" but it won't upload, because it isn't really a file.

However, if you use the Transporter to upload the presentation it will upload the entire bundle (all folders and files).

Then, when you want to download the presentation to another Mac, use the Transporter again to "download folder" and the result will be a working Keynote presentation.

For more detail about the technical aspects of Keynote, see this very technical piece:

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/01/07/keynote.html