When browsing a specific network share remotely, Windows Explorer continuously jumps back to the parent folder

Question

I am accessing a specific network path on another domain. It looks something like this:

\\CoputerName.OtherDomain.in\c$\Inetpub\Testing\Website\

In under 30 seconds, I am automatically jumped back to

\\CoputerName.OtherDomain.in\c$\Inetpub\Testing\

In less time it then jumps back to

\\CoputerName.OtherDomain.in\c$\Inetpub\

Then it jumps back to c$ for its final resting place.

\\CoputerName.OtherDomain.in\c$\

At first I thought this had to with a faulty keyboard, but this behaviour also occurs when the window does not have focus. It's as if windows thinks that the folder no longer exists (as in someone else has deleted or moved it).

This behaviour is not specific to my PC either, it occurs from other machines in the office.

Edit: It looks like this issue only occurs from other Windows 7 machines. There are no issues accessing the path from XP.

Answer 1

Try disabling the Network Location Awareness service. It sends updates to various applications (including Windows Explorer) when it detects changing network conditions. If it works, you should investigate what is causing NLA to trigger. Perhaps you have a LAN and wireless connection active at the same time.