"DM" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>    I am trying to remove a Public folder Store that I have created (now have
> 2) and I cannot do it becuase of the following error:-
>
> "You cannot delete this public folder store because it contains
> folder replica(s)."
>
> I have read up and other people are having exactly the same problem:-
>
> http://www.exchangeserverhelp.com/ftopic25132.html
>
>
> Has anyone come accross this?
>
> Thanks kindly.
>
> David
>
>
>

"mhetherington" <mhethering***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm experiencing the same problem.  I also have come across posts from
> others
> experiencing it too, but I can't seem to locate a "fix" for this.  If you
> find one, please post.  I'll do the same.
>
> "DM" wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>    I am trying to remove a Public folder Store that I have created (now
>> have
>> 2) and I cannot do it becuase of the following error:-
>>
>> "You cannot delete this public folder store because it contains
>> folder replica(s)."
>>
>> I have read up and other people are having exactly the same problem:-
>>
>> http://www.exchangeserverhelp.com/ftopic25132.html
>>
>>
>> Has anyone come accross this?
>>
>> Thanks kindly.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>

"mhetherington" <mhethering***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I followed up directly with Richard Wilkomm, who had posted previously
>about
> experiencing the same problem.  His reply follows (posted with his
> permission).  Richard's advice seems to have worked for me...
>
> ===== Begin e-mail from Richard =====
> I did actually managed to delete the public store. Let me see if I can
> recall.
>
> On the Public Store object in Exchange System manager, I could see 4
> folder
> instances remaining. But you cannot delete the folders at this level. And
> a
> client cannot see the folders either since they are system folders. And
> they
> also wouldn't go away with the move all replicas command (right click)
> since
> they weren't actually replicas, they originated from this store itself.
>
> But in the Exchange system manager when you open up the Public Folder tree
> at the bottom, you can right click and see the System folders. And you can
> also delete folders there. And that's where I thought saw the 4 folders
> that
> where bothering me.  Two of them were subfolders from one of the other.
>
> 1) OWAScratchPad{<long number>}
> 2) StoreEvents{<same long number>}
> Subfolder1) globalevents
> Subfolder2) internal
>
> But the number was different from what I saw on the store object
> instances.
> These folders were actually similar folders from a Public Store that I
> wanted
> to keep. I knew I didn't want to get rid of these, that would mess things
> up
> for sure.
> When you right click the Public Folder tree, you can also use Connect
> to...
> and connect to a different Public Store. I entered the storename here that
> I
> wanted to get rid of. Once again it displayed the system folders, but this
> time only 4 of them and the numbers were correct this time. I now was sure
> these were my 4 folders so I could delete them.
>
> When I switched back to the store object, the instances were gone and I
> could delete the entire store.
>
> At the time my Exchange environment was still non-production so I could
> take
> a bit of a risk. But you have to be absolutely sure you've got the right 4
> folders if you're in production. With multiple Public Store's you get a
> lot
> of folders with the same name. And if you want to remove each Public Store
> you have to repeat the proces and connect to each store one at a time to
> get
> it clean.
>
> Best of luck and let me know if it worked.
>
> Greetings
> Richard
> ===== End e-mail from Richard =====