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Explorer view for FTP sites under IE7

When upgrading to IE7, I can still browse my FTP site but cannot open it in explorer view without clicking. I want to set it to come up in explorer view by default.

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jimmymcp02

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Bartender_1

You could try this:

Open "My Computer"
Click on "Tools"
Choose "Folder Options"
Select the "File Types" tab,
Scroll down until you find "(None) URL:File Transfer Protocol"
Click on the "Advanced" button
under actions highlight "open"
Click on the "Edit" button
Under "Application used to perform action:" change it to read: ("c:\windows\explorer.exe" %1) (include the quotes, but not the brackets.)
under "Application" change it to read "Explorer"
Click "Ok"
Click "Ok" again
Click "Close"

Hope this helps!

:o)

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johnb6767

Explorer view or folder view?

IE Options>Advanced>Browsing>is "Enable FTP folder View(outside of IE)

mtsnh

"When upgrading to IE7, I can still browse my FTP site but cannot open it in explorer view without clicking. I want to set it to come up in explorer view by default."

Can you open an FTP site in Explorer and not have to re-enter username and password to get folder view???