we have these shared public folders. under the employment folders are different job folders. is there a way to delete these subfolders? the users have ownership rights to the master employment folders, can create new folders but they cannot delete them.Jerry Peoples

If they are an owner at the top level, then they should be able to remove sub folders as permissions are inherited at the point of creation. What happens when you try to remove the folder? Have you verified the permissions for the user you are using to delete the folders? Simon.Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

ahh thanks. i believe it is corrected now. they were owners on the subfolders but not the main folder. those rights overrode the lesser rights Jerry Peoples

and we are still at not working the first part is where i am trying to delete the Test folder. it is a subfolder on the Employment tree. as you can see we have several owners on there. but like i said, cannot delete the folder at all.Jerry Peoples

When you right click on the public folder and choose Properties, there is the Permissions tab. That will show you what permissions the user has as far as Outlook is concerned. If you have only just changed the permissions then it could be the Exchange permissions cache and waiting a few hours with a restart of Outlook will allow the new permissions to be seen. Simon. Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

as you can see, they are an owner so in theory they should have full control over that folder and all shared folders underneath, correct?Jerry Peoples

Please add verbose parameter after the Remove-PublicFolder cmdlet, and then check the error information in the output Please also check the related event in the application log on the MBX server after reproduced the issue Can you try to add yourself in that mean to say give permission to yourself as owner and then try to delete the same.Or just try to re add the user who is trying to delete that as well or just reset the permission on that particular folder.

Hi Did you Amit's Suggestion? Or you could have a view on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997202.aspx Or refer to this thread Public Folders - Delete folder with subfolders problem http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/e5219814-f17e-4cb9-a07d-cc29e032774f Cheers Zi FengZi Feng TechNet Community Support

i have made myself and others owners of said folder but still no luck the verbose you are stating to add is that from the command shell? right now i am not using command shell to do this just out of the management consoleJerry Peoples

Jerry, if you do not wann use shell they can you give a try for PFDAV tool - http://www.msexchange.org/articles/PFDavAdmin-tool-Part1.html thanks