FPSE: "Error 500 The Specified Module Could Not Be Found" When You Remove and Reconfigure FrontPage Server Extensions (282109)

WORKAROUND

NOTE: Apply this workaround only if you experience the symptoms described in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. After you install Windows 2000 SP-1, open the Microsoft Management Console, and select the virtual server that you want.
2. Right-click the selected virtual server.
3. Click to select All Tasks, and then click Remove Server Extensions (preserve meta-info).
4. Close the Microsoft Management Console.
   
   IMPORTANT: You must close the Microsoft Management Console after you remove the server extensions in order to clear the cache.
5. Open the Microsoft Management Console.
6. Click to select All Tasks, and click Configure Server Extensions.

This workaround needs to be applied only once during normal operation. You should not experience the problem again, unless you do the following:

1. Remove the FrontPage Server Extensions by clicking Add and then clicking Remove Components.
2. Add the FrontPage Server Extensions again.
3. Remove the FrontPage Server Extensions again.
4. Immediately reconfigure the FrontPage Server Extensions through the Microsoft Management Console.

In this case as well, the workaround needs to be applied only once.

An indication that the server extensions are not configured correctly is the following: The Action menu options indicate that the virtual server is extended, but _vti_bin does not appear in the contents of the virtual server.