FP: HTTP Error 404 Opening Deleted Web (143324)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.0
- Microsoft FrontPage for Windows 1.1
This article was previously published under Q143324 For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 193970.
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Web in FrontPage Explorer, you receive the
following error message:
HTTP error 404. The server may not have the FrontPage Server
Extensions installed or may be misconfigured, you may have specified
an invalid proxy server, or the Web you are accessing may have been
deleted.
CAUSE
You deleted your Web using File Manager or Windows Explorer rather than
FrontPage Explorer. When you click List Webs in the Open Web dialog box,
FrontPage Explorer retrieves the list of Webs from the Services.cnf file
located in the <x>:\<webroot>\_vti_pvt folder where <webroot> is the
location of the Web server's root content and <x> is the drive where the
Web server content resides. This file is updated when you delete your Web
using FrontPage Explorer; it is not updated when you use File Manager or
Windows Explorer to delete a Web.
RESOLUTIONMethod 1: Delete the Web
To delete a Web, click Delete FrontPage Web on the File menu in FrontPage
Explorer.
You cannot delete a Web that you cannot open. To work around this
situation, create a folder using the same name as the deleted Web in the
Content folder, open the Web (it will be empty) in FrontPage Explorer,
and then delete the Web.
Method 2: Edit the Services.cnf file
Using a text editor, such as Notepad, edit the Services.cnf file in the
<x>:\<webroot>\_vti_pvt folder, where <webroot> is the location of the Web
server's root content and <x> is the drive where the Web server content
resides, and then remove the line that references the deleted Web path.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/13/2003 |
|---|
| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbnetwork kbprb KB143324 |
|---|
|