diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index e2a083f..a140761 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="portlets-widgets.workspace-explorer.2-0-2"
+		date="${buildDate}">
+		<Change>[Incident #77436] Fixing class cast Exception for FolderItem son of a SharedFolder
+		</Change>
+		<Change>Fixed breadcrumb on SelectDialaog
+		</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="portlets-widgets.workspace-explorer.2-0-1"
 		date="${buildDate}">
 		<Change>[Task #10943] Removed final to a Constant
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/wsexplorer/server/stohub/StorageHubServiceUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/wsexplorer/server/stohub/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
index 34932b7..9cd9f09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/wsexplorer/server/stohub/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/wsexplorer/server/stohub/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.acls.ACL;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.FolderItem;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.Item;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.SharedFolder;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.VreFolder;
 
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.Log;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogFactoryUtil;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		List<? extends Item> toReturn = client.getAnchestors(itemId, ACCOUNTING_HL_NODE_NAME);
 		return toReturn;
 	}
-	
+
 	public static FolderItem createFolder(HttpServletRequest request, String parentId, String name, String description) {
 		PortalContext pContext = PortalContext.getConfiguration();
 		String userName = pContext.getCurrentUser(request).getUsername();
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param request
 	 * @return the VRE Folders Id
 	 */
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				_log.info("This user has no VRE Folders", e);
 				return null;
-			}			
+			}
 		}catch (Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
@@ -108,26 +109,44 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		ScopeProvider.instance.set(scope);
 		SecurityTokenProvider.instance.set(authorizationToken);
 
-		Item theFolder = getItem(request, folderId);
-		if (!theFolder.isShared()) {
-			return "OWNER";
-		} else {
-			ItemManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.item().build();
-			List<ACL> acls = client.getACL(folderId);
-			SharedFolder sharedFolder = (SharedFolder) theFolder;
-	        
-			boolean found = false; //this is needed because in case o VRE Foder the permission is assigned ot the group and not to the user.
-			for (ACL acl : acls) {
-				if (acl.getPricipal().compareTo(userName) == 0) {
-					found = true;
-					return acl.getAccessTypes().get(0).toString();
-				}
-			}
-			if (!found && sharedFolder.isVreFolder()) {
+		Item theItem = getItem(request, folderId);
+
+		//IS IT REALLY A FOLDER?
+		if (theItem instanceof FolderItem){
+			//THE FOLDER IS NOT SHARED
+			if (!theItem.isShared()) {
+				return "OWNER";
+			} else {
+			//HERE THE FOLDER IS SHARED
+				ItemManagerClient client = AbstractPlugin.item().build();
+	    		FolderItem folderItem = (FolderItem) theItem;
+	    		SharedFolder sharedfolder;
+	    		if (theItem instanceof SharedFolder || theItem instanceof VreFolder) {
+	    			///THE FolderItem IS THE ROOT SHARED FOLDER
+	    			sharedfolder = (SharedFolder) folderItem;
+
+	    		}else{
+	    			//THE FolderItem IS SON OF ROOT SHARED FOLDER SO REQUESTING THE ROOT SHARED FOLDER
+	    			sharedfolder = (SharedFolder) client.getRootSharedFolder(folderItem.getId());
+	    			_log.warn("This item "+folderId+" is a folder not castable at "+SharedFolder.class.getSimpleName() + " or at "+VreFolder.class.getSimpleName());
+	    		}
+
+				List<ACL> acls = client.getACL(sharedfolder.getId());
+				boolean found = false; //this is needed because in case o VRE Foder the permission is assigned to the group and not to the user.
 				for (ACL acl : acls) {
-					if (acl.getPricipal().startsWith(pContext.getInfrastructureName()))
+					if (acl.getPricipal().compareTo(userName) == 0) {
+						found = true;
 						return acl.getAccessTypes().get(0).toString();
+					}
 				}
+
+				if (!found && sharedfolder.isVreFolder()) {
+					for (ACL acl : acls) {
+						if (acl.getPricipal().startsWith(pContext.getInfrastructureName()))
+							return acl.getAccessTypes().get(0).toString();
+					}
+				}
+
 			}
 		}
 		return "UNDEFINED";
@@ -135,7 +154,7 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 */
 	public static int getItemChildrenCount(HttpServletRequest request, String itemId) {
 		PortalContext pContext = PortalContext.getConfiguration();