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Article ID: 189527 - Last Review: September 30, 2003 - Revision: 3.0

Unable to Create Folder on an NTFS Partition

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SYMPTOMS

When you try use your Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2-based computer to create a new folder on a Microsoft Windows NT Server-based computer's NTFS partition, you may receive the following error message:
Unable to create directory.
This problem may occur even though you have full file permissions to the folder in which the new folder is being created.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if you do not have full file permissions to a parent folder under which the new folder is being created. In Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), the full path is verified when a new folder is created, so if you do not have permissions at one of the folder levels in the path, the error message is generated.

STATUS

This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows (http://www.microsoft.com/windows) .

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 95
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