We have recently migrated to Exchange 2007 completely and have no 2003 servers left in our environment. It has just now been brought to my attention that there is a public folder that shows in Outlook but not on the Exchange server. Any insight into how to fix this issue would be appreciated.

What's the current requirement of PF, do you still requires it? Exchange 2007 doesn't have Public folder database created by default, if you have selected "No" in an option "Do you have any client computer running Oultook 2003 or earlier in your organization?" of Exchange 2007 installation... Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA | MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

If that pf was located on EX2003 and ex2003 is no longer available in that case if you need to recover that PF then you need to build out a test ex2003 server with same ORG AG name and Storage Group name and restore the PF database backup and exmerge the PF using Outlook. How to recover or to restore a single mailbox in Exchange Server 2003 REFER TO METHOD 3 ============ http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823176 Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|

We have created a pf store on our 2007 servers and we do have clients still running Outlook 2003 in our organization. Some clients run Outlook 2007 some 2003 and both versions show the pf but it is not accessible.

I have followed this process to recover the data from the folder and exported everything I needed from it. The problem is more that I cannot delete the public folder from the 2007 database because it does not exist on the server that I can see with pf tools, however, it is still listed as a pf in user's Outlook. This folder had some permissions set on it that may have prevented it from being replicated to the 2007 servers when I was decommissioning the 2003 servers. I have created a new pf with all of the data in it but the old one still shows in Outlook with an error message stating there is a configuration problem on the server please contact your administrator. I cannot delete or manage anything on the pf from Outlook. It is not listed in the pf on the new server, but when I try to create a folder with the same name on the server I get an error message listed below. Summary: 1 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:00 David's Contacts Failed Error: Cannot create the object '\David's Contacts'. Please make sure that you specified all the required information correctly and that you have the necessary permissions to create it. MapiExceptionCollision: Unable to create folder. (hr=0x80040604, ec=-2147219964) Diagnostic context: Lid: 18969 EcDoRpcExt2 called [length=97] Lid: 27161 EcDoRpcExt2 returned [ec=0x0][length=580][latency=31] Lid: 23226 --- ROP Parse Start --- Lid: 27962 ROP: ropCreateFolder [28] Lid: 17082 ROP Error: 0x80040604 Lid: 25953 Lid: 21921 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 27962 ROP: ropExtendedError [250] Lid: 1494 ---- Remote Context Beg ---- Lid: 1238 Remote Context Overflow Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x678A0102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x678A0102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x678A0102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x678A0102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x678A0102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x678A0102 Lid: 21970 StoreEc: 0x8004010F PropTag: 0x67870102 Lid: 5079 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 6255 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 6511 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 8047 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 7310 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 1750 ---- Remote Context End ---- Lid: 31418 --- ROP Parse Done --- Lid: 22417 Lid: 30609 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Lid: 29073 Lid: 20369 StoreEc: 0x80040604 Exchange Management Shell command attempted: New-PublicFolder -Name 'David''s Contacts' -Path '\' -Server 'col-mbx.insp.com' Elapsed Time: 00:00:00

Looks like it turned in to Orphaned Object. Did you tried with PFDAVADMIN tool? also check in MESO object and if you see that try deleting from adsiedit Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|

I can see the folder with PFDAVADMIN but I don't see it anywhere in adsiedit. I've tried running all the checks/fixes on it from PFDAVADMIN but it is still doing the same thing in Outlook. It's possible that I am not looking in the right place in adsiedit as I am not real familiar with using that tool. Is there anyway to just delete this folder? I have already recovered the contents and now I just want it gone.

On Tue, 29-Sep-09 17:58:53 GMT, mtrosper wrote:>I can see the folder with PFDAVADMIN but I don't see it anywhere in adsiedit. You'll only see information about a public folder in the AD if it's amail-enabled folder.st want it gone. Does the folder show up in the "Public Folder Management Console"(check the "Toolbox" in Exchange Management Console)? If it does,select it and click "Remove" in the task pane.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

The folder does not show up in the "Public Folder Management Console". It's really strange. It wasn't a mail enable folder so that makes sense.

Did you tried giving yourself as Owner rights on that PF using PFDAVADMIN?Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3|

Yes I have and I've removed everyone else from it so that way it at least no longer shows up in Joe User's Outlook. I can still see it in mine however and when I right click to try and delete it the option is greyed out and if I choose Properties it just says there is a problem on the exchange server and to contact my administrator. Funny thing is I'm the administrator....

On Wed, 30-Sep-09 13:12:43 GMT, mtrosper wrote:>The folder does not show up in the "Public Folder Management Console". It's really strange. It wasn't a mail enable folder so that makes sense. Do you still have an Exchange 2003 ESM anywhere? Does it show up inthat snap-in's view of the public folder hierarchy? If t does, can youadd a public folder store to the replicas list?Ages ago there were a couple of registy edits you could make to hurryalong the removal of public folder "ghosts". This was one of them:e Age Limit". But that was back in the Exchange5.5 days.For how long has the folder been missing? IIRC the length of timebefore a "ghost" is remove is pretty long -- 30 or 60 days, I think.That long period was intentional so folders wouldn't be removed if aserver was out of commission for a long time.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP