Open file from SSL-enabled SharePoint site

Question

I have a SharePoint web app that has SSL enabled and a desktop application accessing the Document Library. If I try opening a document without SSL enabled, the URI looks something like: \\[SiteUrl]\DavWWWRoot\Sites\[SiteName]\[DocumentPath]

and I can successfully open and save the file. However, after enabling SSL, the URI is \\[SiteUrl]@SSL\DavWWWRoot\Sites\[SiteName]\[DocumentPath]

and I get an "Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed." exception.

How can I keep SSL and still be able to access files?

Answer 1

can you access the URL via https:// instead of webdav?