Question: can someone please tell me what i need so that i can see the explorer view for a library in sharepoint? it works on one machine and not another. it sometimes works on a vista client but not xp. it works in internet explorer but does not work on another machine with the same settings.

please help. wss 3.0 on windows server 2008 with vista and xp clients.

Thanks

Answer: 
It requires WebDav to be enabled on the server part, and WebClient to be running at the client. WebClient is just a service, see [this technet entry](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/844f5e01-4b9e-4dac-897e-2a0bb33f28af.mspx?mfr=true) for specific information on how to start it.

If WebClient is already running, make sure the SharePoint site is added to the "Trusted Sites" in IE. In Vista SP1 and up, the WebClient has a private list of "Trusted Sites" [in the registry](http://sharepointsolutions.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-do-i-make-our-sharepoint-site-stop.html).
Make sure you have a site collection located at your web application root. This solved the problem in my case.

Problem : explorer view not working properly, except when :

* explorer view selected in a subfolder of the document library
* a network favorite pointing to the document library was created