Hi,I have an Exchange 2007 installation. I lost the last Public folder database in a crash and I have no backup of it. I want to delete it. How can I do that ? There is no Outlook or Exchange prior 2007 in my organization.

Hello, I would say that the safe option is to reinitialize the database: delete all the files on the disk that referr to that database ( if you still have any) and then try to mount that database from the EMC. It will warn that the files are not present and ask you if you want to mount a new empty DB.Choose yes and now the DB will be mounted. Once mounted you can go ahead and delete it if you would like to do so from the EMC.The other option, more risky, is to use the Adsiedit console and delete the associated object for that DB from the Configuration partition under Services>Microsoft Exchange> Organization Name> Admin Groups> Exchange Admin Group> Servers > Server Name> Information store.Hope it helps, Mihai

It should not be necessary to reinitialize the database; to the contrary, it will likely complicate the process because it will cause the recreation of system folders that you would have to delete. Try running: Remove-PublicFolderDatabase -Identity "Servername\Public Folder Database" and replace the placeholders with the appropriate names. -- Ed Crowley MVP"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems.". "mihaiss" wrote in message news:7f831316-479c-48ac-8542-8c017ba655e0...Hello, I would say that the safe option is to reinitialize the database: delete all the files on the disk that referr to that database ( if you still have any) and then try to mount that database from the EMC. It will warn that the files are not present and ask you if you want to mount a new empty DB.Choose yes and now the DB will be mounted. Once mounted you can go ahead and delete it if you would like to do so from the EMC.The other option, more risky, is to use the Adsiedit console and delete the associated object for that DB from the Configuration partition under Services>Microsoft Exchange> Organization Name> Admin Groups> Exchange Admin Group> Servers > Server Name> Information store.Hope it helps, Mihai Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Ok thanks, I figured out the problem. I could delete the database.