From b41ebb8ddbd9b6f6790dddce9fde8980905bf6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon L Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:24:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add a section regarding showing free space on windows Signed-off-by: Simon L --- user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst b/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst index 8169b41e2..6ec52e15c 100644 --- a/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst +++ b/user_manual/files/access_webdav.rst @@ -420,6 +420,19 @@ service. Problem ^^^^^^^ +Adding a WebDAV drive on Windows via the above described steps does not display the correct size +of in Nextcloud available space and instead shows the size of the C: drive with its available space. + +Answer +^^^^^^ + +Unfortunately is this a limitation of WebDAV itself, because it does not provide a way for the client +to get the available free space from the server. Windows automatically falls back to show the size of +the C: drive with its available space instead. So unfortunately there is no real solution to this problem. + +Problem +^^^^^^^ + Accessing your files from Microsoft Office via WebDAV fails. Solution