STS: Error Message Appears After You Click Settings on Server Extensions 2002 Tab (314480)

CAUSE

This problem can occur if either of the following conditions is true.

Cause for First Error Message:

The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Web site has been deleted from the Internet Services Manager.

Cause for Second Error Message:

The Microsoft SharePoint Administration Web site has been recreated manually; but, by default, the new site does not allow access to the Genset.htm resource in Fpadmdll.dll.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem and use the Settings button to open the correct Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and port for the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Web site, use the SetAdminPort operation of the Owsadm.exe utility. To do this, follow these steps:

Open a command prompt.
At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER
cd Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\50\bin
where Drive is the letter of the disk drive where your Program Files folder is located.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
owsadm.exe -o setadminport -p 1234
NOTE: In this example, replace port number 1234 with a random number between 1025 and 32767, so that it does not conflict with other Windows services.

MORE INFORMATION

If you delete the Microsoft SharePoint Administration virtual site, you can recreate it manually.

NOTE: If you use the SharePoint Administration Web site after you manually recreate it, the second error message described in the "Symptoms" section earlier in this article may appear. To resolve this problem, perform the procedure in the "Resolution" section of this article.

To manually recreate the Microsoft SharePoint Administration virtual site, follow these steps:

Run Internet Services Manager. To do this, follow the steps appropriate to your version of Internet Information Services (IIS):
- For IIS 5.1:
  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
  3. Double-click Internet Information Services.
- For IIS 5.0:
  1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Administrative Tools.
  2. Select Internet Services Manager.
- For IIS 4.0:
  1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack.
  2. Click Microsoft Internet Information Server.
  3. Select Internet Service Manager.
On the Action menu, point to New, and then click Web Site. Click Next.
For the description, type Microsoft SharePoint Administration, and then click Next.
Type your IP address and host header if necessary, select a random port number between 1025 and 32767, and click Next.
Type the following path:
Drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\50\isapi\_vti_adm
where Drive is the letter of the disk drive that contains your Program Files folder. Click Next.
Select the Read and Execute options, and then click Next.
Click Finish.
Right-click the newly-created Web site and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
Click the Documents tab.
Remove all the default documents, and then click Add. For the document name, type Fpadmdll.dll. Click OK and then click Apply.
Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Owsadm.exe Command-Line Utility, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

272945 STS: Using the SharePoint Team Services Command-Line Utility (Owsadm.exe)

300543 HOW TO: Use the Command-Line Tools to Install and Configure FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions on IIS