FtpPutFile Returns Success Although the Operation Fails in Internet Explorer (321156)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 2000
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 for Windows XP

This article was previously published under Q321156

SYMPTOMS

The Wininet.dll FtpPutFile API returns TRUE even when the operation fails. The operation may fail because of different reasons. For example, if the server disk is full, the server responds with:

426 Connection closed, transfer aborted

This symptom occurs more frequently with a file that is less than 4 kilobytes (KB).

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 6. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328548 How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------
   10-May-2002  11:16  6.0.2717.1000  582,656  Wininet.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/27/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbenv kbfix kbIE600sp1fix KB321156