\\.psf is not accessible under vista

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by blomasky, Feb 16, 2007.

  1. blomasky

    blomasky Member

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    upgraded to RC3 and just installed vista business. Most everything works fine. However, the Parallels shared folders do NOT work. Any suggestions?

    Bruce
     
  2. dkp

    dkp Forum Maven

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    Did you enable that feature in the Parallels Shared Folders menu?
     
  3. blomasky

    blomasky Member

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    Yes, I enabled sharing, even GLOBAL sharing to see if that worked. Did not help any.
     
  4. giles117

    giles117 Junior Member

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    I will try to help.

    Dumb Question #

    1 - Did you run the new parallels installer to upgrade you to version xxx.3170???

    2 - You said you enabled Global Sharing. What about Local Sharing (although it's mainly for drag and drop.)

    3 - That was my last question. I did the upgrade, ran vista installe dthe new parallels tools , turned on local and global sharing in the parallels vm prefs and voila' all was well.

    Wish I could be of more help.
     
  5. leejsci

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    Dear Giles117

    Good morning to you and I'm almost sure this is not the place to ask.. but I was not able to locate any information in howto section.. so here.
    How do you turn on/off Global sharing, and Local sharing?
    Also, i had a share folder that i wanted to get rid of and some1 told me to go devices - share folders and supposly option to delete but all i see is Add....
    Thank you so much for your insight..:)

    JL
     
  6. blomasky

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    it works fine with XP, NOT with VISTA. I DID use the installer to upgrade. I have enabled both global and local sharing (just to see if that helps any), did not.

    OK, I hate vista, still like XP! It Works!

    Bruce
     
  7. petro

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    Another person in the same camp. I'm not sure if this is related to the SMB sharing problems people have reported regarding Vista talking to mac shared folders:

    http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=67091

    Those fixes didn't solve either my Vista to .PSF shared folder problem, nor my Vista -> Other Mac shared folder problem.

    This all works fine from my WinXP parallels drive, so it seems there's something Vista-specific.
     
  8. abanks

    abanks Hunter

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    My Vista & Xp can both access the .PSF shared area !!
     
  9. iduff

    iduff Product Expert

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    Vista Ultimate and \\.psf work fine for me in 3186.
     
  10. petro

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