The Remove button is unavailable when you try to remove a public folder replica by using Exchange System Manager in Exchange 2003 (842018)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you try to remove a public folder replica by using Exchange System Manager, you may not be able to remove the public folder replica because the Remove button is unavailable.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the public folder that you want to remove has the same name as a public folder on another server and if the following conditions were true when the public folder was created:

Two public folders that had the same name were created on different servers.
The public folders were created before each of the public folders was replicated to the other server.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 2003 . For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

836993 How to obtain the latest service packs for Exchange Server 2003

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	11/9/2005
Keywords:	kbExchange2003sp1fix kbQFE kbfix kbBug KB842018 kbAudITPRO