Windows 7 FTP access problem

Question

Hello,

I am using a newly installed version of Windows 7100 and can not access an FTP site from Internet Explorer or an FTP Client program (Filezilla).

Through a Windows Explorer tab, I get this message "windows cannot access this folder. make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have permission to access the oflder. Details: operation timed out."   I log in with username and password but always the same message.

Through Internet Explorer, I can actually get on the site and see the information, but when i click "page" "open ftp site in windows explorer" it give me the same error as above.

thank you

Answer 1

Open IE, Tools menu, Options, Advanced tab. Click "Reset"

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Answer 2

hi, i have similar problem. On Win7 I configure new ftp connection on my ftp client Altap Salamander. I can use it all the working day. I leave my computer running, only lock the desktop when I go home from work. Another day this connection is unuseable. I can connect to the server, but LIST command gets no response. The same behaviour in IE.

I found a "workaround": resetting the built-in firewall to default. After that I start my ftp client, I enable it on firewall questioning window and the connection works like a charm ... till another day. then I have to run whole the circus again and again.

Somebody told me that it can have something to do with trusted and untrusted zones or nets, and with the Win7's changing this flag for particular one.

If somebody can help me, I would very appreciate it, thank you.

Answer 3

If anyone is having an issue with FTP and happen to be running Windows 7 with Java 7 I spent about 5 hours troubleshooting this issue until I finally came across this solution here http://wiki.netbeans.org/FAQConfiguringWinFirewallForPassiveFTP> .

• urn off the Windows firewall.
• Configure Windows Firewall for a passive mode FTP server as follows:
  • Open an Administrator command-prompt.
  • Click Start > All Programs > Accessories.
  • Right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
  • Run the following command:

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=FTPService action=allow service=ftpsvc protocol=TCP dir=in

- Disable stateful FTP filtering so that the firewall does not block any FTP traffic:  

netsh advfirewall set global StatefulFTP disable

Answer 4

already tried...... Thats not solved my issue...

Answer 5

Will try to do a work around and also got this link and technicians stated that you have to check with your office IT admin for permissions , if its a Office network or a office computer

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/136276-how-access-ftp-site.html