Windows 10: Windows 10 FTP network location hangs Office applications

While I copy information from a Windows 10 FTP network location, all my Office applications seem to come to a complete halt.

Any idea why this might be or how I can resolve it?

It's great as a work prevention scheme, but that's about all.

Office 365, up to date as of a couple of days ago.

:)

 

add a network location windows 10

Hi Erich,

Adding a network place in Windows allows you to access FTP, Windows file shares, and some HTTP servers directly in My Network Places, without having to use an FTP client.
To assist you better, kindly answer the following questions:

• Are you getting any error messages when you tried adding a network location?
• Are you trying to add a network location or map a network drive?

Meanwhile, if you're adding a network location, we suggest that you follow these steps below about adding a network location:

• Open This PC in File Explorer, click on the Computer tab, click on the
  Add a network location button in the ribbon.
• Click on Next in the Add Network Location wizard.
• Click on Choose a custom network location, and click on
  Next.
• Type the address of the website, FTP site, or network location you want to add, and click on
  Next.
• If you are allowed to log on anonymously to this network location, click on
  Next.
• Type a name you want for this network location in This PC, and click on
  Next.
• If you are not allowed to log on anonymously to this network location, then uncheck the
  Log on anonymously box, enter the user name for the network location, and click on
  Next.
• Click on Finish.
• If you could not log on anonymously to this network location, you will see a
  Log On As dialog prompting you to enter the user name and password for this network location. Check the
  Save password box if you do not want to be required to type the user name and password every time you access this network location. Click on
  Log On when finished.
• The network location will now open.

If you're mapping a network, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article on how to map a network drive.

Let us know if you need additional help.

 

File explorer - adding a FTP site as an Network Location - BUGS

When attempting to add a FTP network location in File explorer There are problems

If using an ftp site normally when specifying the website, I can enter it as

L: ftp://test01:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***
This works fine

• 
  But as many sites now use the full email address as the sign on Then
  

ftp://*** Email address is removed for privacy ***:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

will not work as the parsing of the string above confuses because of the multiple @ signs

• 
  So as an alternative I specify the site as
  

L: ftp://*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

then right click on the network location name under “This PC”

and “Logon as” gives the dialog box where I enter The UID
L: *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

and the password and click save password

This works OK BUT when I create a second Network Location test02 with the same as 2 above Then

• 
  When I open test01 and access it ok then close File explorer and then Open new File explorer and click on network location test02 I go to the test01 site. Whatever was the last site accessed is what is opened. The only way out is to
  always use the “logon as” feature
  

Summary – problem 1 is the parsing of the ftp string, Problem 2 is file explorer goes to wrong site

 

Add native FTP feature in Windows 10 Mobile's File Explorer

I noticed that Windows 10 Mobile lacks the functionality to connect to an FTP server. This is unlike the Windows 10 File Explorer on PC where connecting to an FTP server is built-in and needs no extra applications to aid with the connecting. I would like
to suggest native FTP connectivity a feature in Windows 10 Mobile's File Explorer, since it would be easier without the need of a third-party application.

It would be great to move files from a Windows 10 Mobile device over to an FTP server that is located at home or at the office. Therefore, I am suggesting this.