we are running Exchange 2007 / 2003 mixed in a windows 2003 Native AD. We did a reinstall -in disaster recovery of one of our Exchange 2003 servers -that hosts a PF structure. We now have a problem that requires us to Mail Disable then mail enable all of the previously mail enabled folders. We are trying to use modified (portion of a) script that was initially used to create the structure. We have a text file that contains the Office numbers that exist in the PF structure. It's failing at the Folder for each command (line9). I've attached what we are trying to use and the failure statement. Any assistance is greatly appreciated; $salesoffices = gc "c:\shell\reports\SalesOffices.txt" foreach ($office in $salesoffices) # Mail Enable the Request folders # Write-Host "Pausing to allow Active Directory recognition of new folders" # Sleep 25 Write-Host "Mail DisEnable the Request folders" $mailfolders = Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office" -Recurse |where {$_.name -match "Requests"} foreach($folder in $mailfolders){Disable-MailPublicFolder $folder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true} Write-Host "Mail Disable the AntiSpam folder" Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office\$office$Archive\$office$AntiSpam" |Disable-MailPublicFolder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true # Write-Host "Mail Enable the Request folders" # $mailfolders = Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office" -Recurse |where {$_.name -match "Requests"} # foreach($folder in $mailfolders){Enable-MailPublicFolder $folder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true} # Write-Host "Mail Enable the AntiSpam folder" # Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office\$office$Archive\$office$AntiSpam" |Enable-MailPublicFolder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true Missing statement body in foreach loop. At c:\shell\PF-MAIL-Dis-Re-EnAble.ps1:9 char:1 + <<<< Write-Host "Mail DisEnable the Request folders" + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingForeachStatement

You're missing the curly brackets. This is what the error is telling you. I didn't check the rest; you'll have to run it and get the next error. $salesoffices = gc "c:\shell\reports\SalesOffices.txt" foreach ($office in $salesoffices) { # Mail Enable the Request folders # Write-Host "Pausing to allow Active Directory recognition of new folders" # Sleep 25 Write-Host "Mail DisEnable the Request folders" $mailfolders = Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office" -Recurse |where {$_.name -match "Requests"} foreach($folder in $mailfolders){Disable-MailPublicFolder $folder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true} Write-Host "Mail Disable the AntiSpam folder" Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office\$office$Archive\$office$AntiSpam" |Disable-MailPublicFolder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true # Write-Host "Mail Enable the Request folders" # $mailfolders = Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office" -Recurse |where {$_.name -match "Requests"} # foreach($folder in $mailfolders){Enable-MailPublicFolder $folder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true} # Write-Host "Mail Enable the AntiSpam folder" # Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office\$office$Archive\$office$AntiSpam" |Enable-MailPublicFolder -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true } Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

thank you, I added them and got a diferent error -I confirmed there is a replica on an exchange 2007 server; Cannot find an available public folder database. Please make sure that there is a public folder database on an Exchange 2007 mailbox server, and then ensure t hat the public folder database is mounted. At c:\shell\PF-MAIL-Dis-Re-EnAble.ps1:12 char:16 + $mailfolders = <<<< Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office" -Recurse | where {$_.name -match "Requests"} + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], InvalidOperationExcept ion + FullyQualifiedErrorId : B4E13B83 Disable-MailPublicFolder : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Identity' because it is null. At c:\shell\PF-MAIL-Dis-Re-EnAble.ps1:13 char:59 + foreach($folder in $mailfolders){Disable-MailPublicFolder <<<< $folder } + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Disable-MailPublicFolder], Par ameterBindingValidationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,M icrosoft.Exchange.Management.MapiTasks.DisableMailPublicFolder

In general, you don't want to construct strings in the command. Instead of: $mailfolders = Get-PublicFolder "\Sales Force Mail\$office" -Recurse |where {$_.name -match "Requests"} do this: $Folder = "\Sales Force Mail\" + $office $mailfolders = Get-PublicFolder $Folder -Recurse | where {$_.name -match "Requests"} I'm not sure that'll fix your problem, though. To solve such problems, start small and work out. For example, first in a EMS window, start with: $Folder = "\Sales Force Mail\" + $office Get-PublicFolder $Folder -Recurse and verify that your Get works. Also, are you trying to match the exact string "Requests" or did you intend to have a wildcard in there? Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

I got the script to work with your assistance. Thank You