FP: Deleted Pages from Web Show up in Search Results List (170975)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft FrontPage for the Macintosh 1.0
This article was previously published under Q170975

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194263.

SYMPTOMS

When you perform a search, your results list contains one or more pages that you deleted using FrontPage Explorer. If you attempt to load a deleted page, you receive a message indicating that the page cannot be found.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because FrontPage maintains pointers to your Web content--even the content you deleted. These pointers remain intact until you recalculate links.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, use either of the following methods.

NOTE: You should try Method 1 first. If Method 1 does not resolve this behavior, use Method 2.

Method 1: Recalculate Links

  1. Open your Web in FrontPage Explorer.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
  3. Rerun your search in a Web browser.

    NOTE: You may need to refresh or reload the page in the Web browser.

Method 2: Reset the Dependency Databases

To reset the dependency databases used by the FrontPage Search component, follow these steps:

  1. In Windows Explorer, open the folder that contains your Web content. To determine where you content is stored, use the following table as a guide
          Web Server               Folder
      -----------------------------------------------------------------

      FrontPage Personal Web Server      \FrontPage Webs\Content
      Microsoft Personal Web Server      \Webshare\wwwroot
      Microsoft Internet Information Server  \InetPub\wwwroot
  2. Open the folder that contained the deleted page.
  3. Open the \_vti_pvt folder and delete the following two files: 
          Deptodoc.btr
      Doctodep.btr
  4. Open the \_vti_txt\default.wti folder. Delete the following files: 
          All.cat
      All.dct
      All.doc
      All.fmt
      All.fn
      All.hl
      All.idx
      All.inv
      All.src
  5. Switch to FrontPage Explorer.
  6. On the Tools menu, click Recalculate Hyperlinks.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/7/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB170975
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