Opening Web Page as Folder with "DisablePasswordCaching" Causes Access Violation (268557)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q268557 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
If the DisablePasswordCaching registry value is set to 1 as described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, opening a Web page as a Web folder results in an access violation in Internet Explorer (Msdaipp.dll):
229940 How to Disable Internet Explorer Password Caching
WORKAROUNDWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
To work around this behavior, delete the DisablePasswordCaching registry value in the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Then, stop the Protected Storage service by typing the following line at a command prompt:
net stop "protected storage"
Internet Explorer does not cache passwords if this service is not started in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/1/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbprb KB268557 |
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