XADM: FrontPage Cannot Create Subweb on Installable File System Based Virtual Directory (251990)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q251990

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft FrontPage to create a new FrontPage Web that is a subweb of a Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) virtual directory that resides on an installable file system (IFS) drive, the creation of the new subweb may not be successful and you may receive the following error message:
Server Error: You can not convert a virtual directory into a subweb remotely. Ask your web server administrator or ISP to do this for you.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, create the subweb on an IIS virtual directory that resides on a file allocation table (FAT) or NTFS file system (NTFS) drive.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg kbnofix KB251990
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