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XADM: Eseutil Does Not Work with Error Message

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Symptoms

When you attempt to use Eseutil, you may receive the following error message:
Usage Error: Invalid argument 'files\exchsrvr\priv1.edb'. Option must be preceded by '-' or '/'.

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Cause

This issue can occur if the path that you specified in the Eseutil command line contained a space, for example:
eseutil /mh c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb
The command interpreter does not read the path as one string, but instead reads c:\program as one argument and files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb as another.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, put the path to the file in quotation marks, for example:
eseutil /mh "c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb"

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Keywords: KB273487, kbprb, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 273487
Revision : 5
Created on : 2/27/2007
Published on : 2/27/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 244