Problem Solved: I had to an an exception to the firewall to make it work. DirectFtp did not show up in the exceptions block had to search for it and add the directFtp.exe to it. Never had to do it before the update.
Win2008 server 32 bit

Thanks Bo

nope hit the green + sign it acted like the s-drive was pre configured to be default and the server i was trying to set up stayed greyed out and would not activate. After screwing around with that awhile i tried to delete the preloaded s-drive and that wasn't an option.
like i said above never really liked it anyway so this upgrade just helped me make up my mind. not going away mad just going away (still love HTML editor though) probably looks like I'm bit-chin but I'm not just telling my experience. for some people this might be the thing just not my thing.
thanx J...

When you click the Green + Sign, you get this dialog:

http://www.coffeecup.com/files/forums/dftp-green.png

When you click the Black Gear icon, you get htis dialog:

http://www.coffeecup.com/files/forums/dftp-sdrive.png

They are two different dialogs asking for different sets of information.

Am I missing something here? There is clearly a problem with the latest update - I have had the same one. Long delays connecting to server, inability to move between folders etc, where the previous version was absolutely fine.

Instead of telling people to submit a support ticket, shouldn't someone be getting a lightbulb over their head and thinking "Uh, maybe we screwed up somewhere - let's have a look!"

Just a suggestion!

Phil

Same issues here Scott, I thought maybe it was my internet, but apparently not. I try connecting to one of my servers and it times out. I retry it and it connects instantly. Has happened consistently 4 times in a row of using it so far.

If you need me to open a ticket I will, but with so many people saying this I posted first just in case you didn't want 50 tickets for the same thing

So far the majority of support tickets that has been opened all turned out to be a firewall issue of some kind. We would have them turn the firewall off, Direct FTP would connect just fine. Then we would re-enable the firewall and then try and connect again and the firewall alert would appear where they could click allow and then it worked.

I would suggest the same thing for anyone else. If it still doesn't work, support tickets are easier for us then forums and we can keep track of each issue individually.