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You receive an error message when you install the FrontPage Server Extensions to a virtual server

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Symptoms

When you are installing the FrontPage Server Extensions to a virtual server, you receive the following error message:
The document root of the web server where you are trying to install the server extensions already contains a disk-based web.

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Cause

This behavior occurs when the Web site is opened directly from the FrontPage client through the file path or a mapped drive. This behavior can also occur if the site was created as a disk-based Web and then copied into the document root on the Web server.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
  1. Using Windows Explorer, go to the document root of the virtual server.
  2. In the _vti_pvt folder, locate a file called Service.cnf.
  3. Open this file with Notepad.
  4. Remove the following lines:
    vti_httpdversion:SX|FrontPage DBW
vti_webservertype:SR|diskweb
  5. Save the changes.

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Keywords: KB265462, kberrmsg, kbsetup

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Article Info
Article ID : 265462
Revision : 5
Created on : 1/27/2007
Published on : 1/27/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 457