DOCUMENT:Q140963  19-FEB-2002  [exchange]
TITLE   :XADM: Error When Deleting a Public Folder Container
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER::4.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbusage

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program and attempt to access
the Information Store (IS) Site Configuration object, you receive the following
error message:

   The object cannot be found in the directory. This may be because replication
   has not completed.
   Microsoft Exchange Directory
   ID no. c1010aae

If you attempt to Modify the Public Folder Container name, the same error message
will be displayed.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs when a recipient container is deleted and that container
happens to be the container specified in the IS Site Configuration object for
the creation of Public Folders.

MORE INFORMATION
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Once the container is gone, the error message will be displayed each time the IS
Configuration object is opened (although the object is opened anyway) and no
Public Folder container will be displayed on the General property page of the
object. You will not be able to Modify the specified Public Folder Container.

You may also notice that the Folder Path for system folders such as the Offline
Address Book (OAB) or Schedule+ Free/Busy is blank when you view the path in the
Instances page of the Public Information Store properties.

When you attempt to access the properties of any system folders from the
Recipients containers, you may receive the following error:

   Object in information store could not be found. Microsoft Exchange
   information store. ID# c1040Af2

RESOLUTION
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Contact Microsoft Product Support Services and refer to this article for
assistance in recovering from this error.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 4.0 of Microsoft
Exchange Server. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.




Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :4.0

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