The network branch of the folder tree is not showing all the devices on the network. Under Windows Explorer, 4 computers are shown together with 1 media device and 1 network infrastructure device - which is correct. With Opus 10 64bit on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit the 4 computers are not shown - just the media device and the infrastructure device. How can I get Dopus to show the network attached computers as well please? Note that Opus 8 on Windows XP correctly shows all the computers.
How are you expanding the network branch? Is it fully expanded or is it only showing the folders you have visited so far?
What happens if you right-click the taskbar button and choose Exit Directory Opus (don't just close all the windows as that does not quit the program by default), then relaunch Opus and open the network branch again?
If you click on the network branch, what's shown in the file display?
FWIW, browsing for network computers has never been reliable for me in any program or in any version of Windows. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes I get random computers not appearing and if I look on a different machine I get a different set that show and don't show. All Opus does is ask the OS for the list of computers, which can result in a different result depending on when the question is asked. (So restarting the program can force the list to be recreated and get a different result.)
Yes, The network branch is fully expanded. I've investigated this further since my first post and the issue seems to be that Directory Opus only seems to obtain its list of network devices on startup - so that upon completely exiting Directory Opus as you suggest (rather than just closing the window) and restarting, it then displays the correct set of network devices. Can I suggest that there is an addtional option on the Tools menu (or network branch context menu) to force Directory Opus to get a new list of computers from the OS please? This issue I've got is depending upon the order of computer startup on the network and when, which determines what computers the OS knows and when.
When this happens, do the computers show up if you close the window and open a new one? (Without exiting Opus entirely; it will continue to run in the background even when the last window is closed, unless you've configured it not to.)
No, when this happens the computers do not show up if the window is just closed and a new one open. They will only appear if Opus is exited totally and then restarted.
It may be Windows itself which is caching the list of computers (per-process), in that case.
Maybe there's a way we can force it to refresh the cache periodically, but it will take some further investigation to work out.
When this happens, I just hit F5.
Simple fix is - Options - Explorer Replacement - Exceptions add Network folder. Apply!
Only first needed with Win10 2004 update.
Was driving me mad till I realized this might work.Ray