Previously Created Share Is Removed When Search Catalog Has the Same Name

ID: Q222530


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SYMPTOMS

When a Windows NT file share for a physical directory (for example, if "C:\test" is shared through Explorer as share "test") is created and then a Search catalog is created with the same name as the existing file share, the original share will point to a different physical directory.


For example, following the creation of the Search catalog, the new location for the Windows NT file share "test" will change from the original physical path to C:\Microsoft Site Server\Data\Search\Projects\test<or project name>\Search\Drop."


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not create a Search catalog with the same name as an existing file share.

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Version           : winnt:3.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: March 17, 1999