Internet Explorer Does Not Display Updated Files Over FTP Uniform Resource Locator

ID: Q241727

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5, 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5, 5.01 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5, 5.01 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you gain access to documents from a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the document is pulled from the temporary Internet files cache even if the Check for newer pages option is enabled in Temporary Internet Files settings.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Date	Time	Version	Size	File name	Platform
09/27/1999	06:22 PM	4.72.3709.2700	388,848	Wininet.dll	(x86) Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
01/10/2000	11:31 AM	5.00.2725.1000	467,104	Wininet.dll	(x86) Internet Explorer 5.0a
01/10/2000	11:30 AM	5.00.3013.1000	438,544	Wininet.dll	(x86) Internet Explorer 5.01

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, click Refresh or press F5 to refresh the FTP URL.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: fail fails accessing

Keywords : kbenv msiew95 msient msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:4.01 Service Pack 2,5,5.01
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug kbprb