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Tasha_S
Nov 20, 2018Aspirant
Files "disappearing" from networked access
Our users map network drives to our nas, which is also backed up to the cloud using Egnyte. All users are on Windows 10 machines and the firmware on the nas is up to date. Firmware 6.9.4
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- Nov 20, 2018
I will try that if I need to but so far what I've found is that the "missing" files are marked as hidden files and setting file explorer view settings to show hidden files makes them visible again. My tech guy tells me the last Windows update was full of issues and he's looking through that stuff to see if there is anything related. For now, thank you very much for your help and I'll remember to try resetting permissions as well.
StephenB
Nov 20, 2018Guru - Experienced User
When you check the share with File Explorer, are you doing that from her machine? If you are, you might try checking it on a different PC.
Tasha_S
Nov 20, 2018Aspirant
I'm not sure what you mean by "check the share" but from other PCs the files are visible in file explorer
- StephenBNov 20, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Tasha_S wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "check the share" but from other PCs the files are visible in file explorer
"Check the share" means look at the shared folder in file explorer, and see if the files are there are not.
When a file disappears, did you try right-clicking on the file explorer pane and choosing refresh from the context menu? When you do that, does the file re-appear?
- Tasha_SNov 20, 2018Aspirant
I've just tried that and the files do no re-appear
- StephenBNov 20, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Tasha_S wrote:
I've just tried that and the files do no re-appear
That's very strange.
I'd try resetting the file permissions on the share.
Go into the share page in the web ui, click on the share settings wheel, and choose "settings".
Then click on "File Access". You'll see a "RESET" control on the left. Click on that, and then click on "reset permissions".
The operation happens in the background, there will be a notification when it completes. It will also be logged.
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