"Virtual directory not listed"

robmcdougal90

Virtual directory not listed comes up when i try to go onto a website, what is the problem. It only does it on my computer and not on any other sites. Please help, thanks in advance

espresso

As it is only happening on one website, why not give the address?

robmcdougal90

It's called dateline.

wolfman

Initially sounds like a fault in their setup, maybe something on their web server hasn't been setup correctly. Difficult to say without an exact link.

robmcdougal90

i dont know the website link because its for a friend. They have phoned up the website and they set it is a problem at his end.Hes running windows 2000.possibly not using current internet explorer?

irnbru_2

robmcdougal90 wrote:

i dont know the website link because its for a friend. They have phoned up the website and they set it is a problem at his end.Hes running windows 2000.possibly not using current internet explorer?

It's a server-side issue.

Your friend either needs the full URL or they need to fix their server (to have more friendly responses).

robmcdougal90

thanks, he can log onto his account on other machines without problem, so it is his pc, but what could be causing it?

esuhl

I'm not an expert on this so apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick, but...

Essentially, when you type in a URL domain, you're browsing to a folder. The error message you're seeing indicates that the website has prevented you from seeing a list of the files, but has not indicated which file to open by default.

Try adding the following filenames, (i.e. if the URL is http://www.dateline.com/, try using http://www.dateline.com/index.html etc.):

index.htm
index.html
default.asp

Hope this helps...

robmcdougal90

thanks, just found out that the exact address si https://www.dateline.co.uk but am unsure when the error comes up.