Error Message: A Device Is Not Functioning

ID: Q126557

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the File And Print Sharing network service for Novell NetWare and you try to remove a large directory structure (with over 1000 entries) in Windows Explorer or File Manager, you receive the following error message:

A device is not functioning

CAUSE

The Windows 95 Ncpserver Service maintains an internal search cache that allows only 1000 entries. When you try to work with a directory structure with over 1000 entries, the cache is exceeded and entries beyond 1000 are not seen. This causes the 1000th-oldest search handle to be invalid, generating the error message stated above.

WORKAROUND

Use Windows Explorer or File Manager to select the directory tree you want to delete and try to delete it. When the error message occurs, select the tree and try to delete it again. Repeat this process until the directory is deleted.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

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