If you are using Windows (XP/Vista/7/8/10), you can set up a web folder using “Map network drive” or “Add a network location” which will allow you to drag and drop files and folders from/to your computer. Please note however that for dealing with large amounts of data we recommend using a WebDAV client such as GoodSync. See the following article for more information:
Windows 7 / 8 / 10
1. Right-click My Computer.
2. Click Map Network Drive.
3. On the Map Network Drive screen, click Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures and then click Next.
4. Click Choose a custom network location, and then click Next.
5. In the “Internet or network address” field, enter the URL of the site document library, e.g. (you will need to replace “myroom” and “example-site” with the server name and site you wish to use) https://myroom.projectfusion.com/alfresco/webdav/Sites/example-site/documentLibrary
6. When prompted, enter your username and password.
7. A network location should now appear in Windows Explorer. You can now drag and drop files and folders from or to this location.
Note:
The way in which Windows Explorer connects to WebDAV sources sometimes causes problems. You may try to follow these instructions, and occasionally find you are given errors, such as “The folder you have entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another.”
If this happens, the following can be tried to get things working:
1. Unmap any drives that are already mapped to the projectfusion site, i.e. in Windows Explorer right-click on any existing drive-mappings, and choose “Disconnect”.
2. Delete any existing “network locations” that use the projectfusion site, i.e. in Windows Explorer right-click on the network location, followed by Delete
3. Delete any network locations the system thinks are still in use from a command prompt:
(a) Get a command prompt by running cmd.exe
(b) Show any network locations in use by typing “net use”. This should look something like this:
C:\Users\davidd>net use
New connections will not be remembered. Status Local Remote Network
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\\mysite.projectfusion.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot
Web Client Network
The command completed successfully.(c) Delete any projectfusion connections as listed in (b) using the “net use /delete”, for example:
C:\Users\davidd>net use \\pf3dev.projectfusion.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot /delete \\mysite.projectfusion.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot was deleted successfully.
(d) Repeat (c) until there are no more projectfusion connections listed.
4. Try the original instructions again to create the network location.
Windows Vista
WebDAV does not work reliably on Windows Vista. Microsoft has a software update available that may help correct connection problems for some users. See article 907306 in Microsoft’s knowledge base (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx). Direct link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=17C36612-6…
To add a shortcut to your Windows Vista computer that enables you to upload and access files using WebDAV, follow these steps:
1. Right-click My Computer.
2. Click Map Network Drive.
3. On the Map Network Drive screen, click Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures and then click Next.
4. Click Choose a custom network location, and then click Next.
5. In the “Internet or network address” field, enter the URL of the site document library, e.g. (you will need to replace “myroom” and “example-site” with the server name and site you wish to use) https://myroom.projectfusion.com/alfresco/webdav/Sites/example-site/documentLibrary
6. When prompted, enter your username and password.
7. A network location should now appear in Windows Explorer “My Network Places”. You can now drag and drop files and folders from or to this location.
Windows XP
To use the Add Network Place Wizard to add a shortcut to your computer that enables you to upload and access files using WebDAV, follow these steps:
1. Double-click My Network Places.
2. In the “Network Tasks” pane, click Add a network place.
3. On the welcome screen, click Next.
4. Select Choose another network location, and then click Next.
5. In the “Internet or network address” field, enter the URL of the site document library, e.g. (you will need to replace “myroom” and “example-site” with the server name and site you wish to use) https://myroom.projectfusion.com/alfresco/webdav/Sites/example-site/documentLibrary
6. When prompted, enter your username and passphrase.
7. A network location should now appear in Windows Explorer “My Network Places”. You can now drag and drop files and folders from or to this location.
