Q154424: FP: Image Not Loaded to Personal Web Server

Article: Q154424
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): ; WINDOWS:1.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta
Last Modified: 05-JAN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack 
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you create a Web on the Personal Web Server and if you use a tilde (~) as the
first character of the Web name, you may experience either of the following
problems:

- You are unable to retrieve images when you edit the Web.

  -or-

- You are unable to open pages when you browse the Web.

CAUSE
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The Personal Web Server is based on the architecture used by the National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Web server. On that server, Web names
that begin with a tilde are reserved for "per user" Webs.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, add the following line to the srm.cnf file. By
default, this file is located in the C:\FrontPage Webs\Server\conf folder.

  UserDir DISABLED

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FrontPage
98 for Windows.

Additional query words: Front Page 1.1 97 PWS

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage1xSearch kbFrontPage97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbFrontPage110
Version           : :; WINDOWS:1.1
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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