The location is not a folder

[antcj]

I have some files i keep on my media centre that is accessed by wife and i.
We are both on mint 17.2 mate.
On both pc's a particular file is set as a short cut in "places" ( a calc file.)
The following happens on a fresh boot, and happens only once and is then all good til the next reboot.

Could not display "smb://path to file name/file name.ods".
The location is not a folder.

a 2nd and subsequent try works fine.
I also have folders set as short cuts and they work fine
I have googled this and although there are various similar case nothing exactly the same

was wondering if anyone has any suggestions here?
Thanks in advance

[UltramaticOrange]

I suspect that the media device is taking too long to respond to mint. To confirm this, try the following.

From the wife's machine, access the path/file (try #1, then try #2).
From your own machine, try to access the path/file again. If there's no error, then the media device is (partially) at fault.

The most likely cause is that the device has a low-power mode combined with a wake-on-lan feature.

[antcj]

I suspect that the media device is taking too long to respond to mint. To confirm this, try the following.

From the wife's machine, access the path/file (try #1, then try #2).
From your own machine, try to access the path/file again. If there's no error, then the media device is (partially) at fault.

The most likely cause is that the device has a low-power mode combined with a wake-on-lan feature.

Tried that, even tho 1st pc can get thru the freshly booted machine has the problem on first go.

But thanks for the offering.

[antcj]

slight update, noticed that on a reboot i can access a folder short cut on the media without any issues. (the folder has the file in question within it)
Closing the folder and then trying the file short cut then works .

[markmagedotcom]

most likely, it's one of those old permissioin problems -- it usually is with like 99% of Unix/Linux troubles...

So you might want to try setting file (or device, media, drive etc...) ownership and permissions. It might be slightly different for your individual situation out there, but do try one or both of them, like so:

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sudo chown user:user /media/user/

and/or:

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sudo chmod 775 /media/user

For me, it solved that nasty problem right away!

Good Luck,

Mark
AKA markmagedotcom