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Enabling FTP for uploads from IE

I am configuring an FTP server in Win2003 Server using IIS. I want to upload files to it using IE. I can access the desired directory and I can download files from it, but I cannot upload to it; the "Paste" button under "Edit" is grayed out.
In IIS I made a website:" www.my_web.com", which has its home directory "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\the_web". Also in IIS, under the default FTP Site, I created a Virtual Directory "my_ftp", which has a local path of "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\the_web\the_ftp". I do not allow anonymous ftp connections. I have a User listed in Active Directory.
I can reach the site in IE by "ftp://username:password"@www.my_web.com/my_ftp". I see the directory and I can download files. I cannot upload a file to this directory using Copy and Paste.
If this is a permissions type problem, what is the recipe, what is the "do this do that" checklist, for configuring permissions, security, sharing, etc. to let me upload files to this directory? I haven't found it and I need an example to follow. I have been flailing about without positive effect for too long. Thank you.

Bruce Anderson

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I sounds like a rights issue for sure. What are the permisions set on that directory?

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bruceeanderson

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I did have the WRITE box checked, but I decided that, if everything was good on the server side, my problem must be on the client side. Which is where I found that I had set my IE so that “Enable folder view for FTP sites-OFF”. I turned it ON, and now I can paste. Wonders! (I did have "Use Passive FTP-ON", so I wasn't totally braindead.

Thank you, sir.