Enabling Desktop Experience

You need to enable the Desktop Experience feature if your WebDAV client machine has a Windows 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 operating system.

Procedure

  1. From Administrative Tools, access your Server Manager.
  2. In the dialog, in the tree on the left navigate to the node Features.
  3. In the content area on the right, select Add Features. In the list that appears, you see an item called Desktop Experience.
  4. Ensure that the check box for Desktop Experience is selected.
  5. If you selected the check box, click Next, then Install.
  6. Restart your computer as instructed.
  7. After your reboot, from Administrative Tools access your Server Manager.
  8. In the dialog, in the tree on the left navigate to the node Configuration > Services.
  9. Check whether the service called WebClient Service is running. If not, start the service.