Whoaaaa!!! I do OK with a computer once in awhile, but after reading that, I need a couple of beers. Now, you know I can do that and, like anything else, once you go through it, it will seem fairly easy. But, for the average user....yikes!
First, EVERY folder within a shared folder with the correct permissions should be accessible UNLESS the folder was specifically set to not have the proper permissions, which from the question and the questioner, I doubt is the cause.
The PDF thing makes little sense. To test your theory, move a couple out onto your desktop. You can certainly password protect them, but it shouldn't be a permissions issue.
>>I have over 4000 files with a varied number of pdf files in each<<
I assume here you have over 4,000 folders
We need to know more things.
Beginning:
Questions about setup and do you have your network set up correctly? You need to have the right hardware.
1. What type of network do you have? e.g. Is it peer-to-peer or client/server (workgroup or domain). In other words, is your AC folder with all of your files and databases on one central server with all of the other computers accessing it or are all the computers just connected to each other with the "main computer" having the database?
2. What exact version of AC do you have?
3. What happened in 3.0?
4. What do you mean "all hell broke loose?" Need specifics, e.g. in 3.0, the problem happened occasionally, now I can't get to any file.
5. What OS are you using? Vista Business, Vista Home, XP Pro, XP Home? If it is XP Home, GO BACK to beginning.
6. If you are using a server, what type and what OS?
7. From any computer on your network, can you browse to the server? to the AC folder? to the ImportItems folder? Can you open the ImportItems folder and see the subfolders? Can you open them?
8. DID YOU MOVE YOUR DATABASES T O A DIFFERENT FOLDER?
Here are three illustrations I made to point out shares, permissions and folders.
If you still have questions that aren’t answered here, I would be glad to remote into your computer and see if I can find the problem. If I can.
Who knows? Maybe your PDF files just have bad permissions. J/K but who knows.
