Deleting old DFS folders

[Simon]

Hi

I think this is quite a common problem...

Anyway i have deleted the dfs replication links within the DFS mmc but when
i try to delete the folders from my directory i get the error 'cannot remove
folder xxxx: cannot find the specified file' and i also get 'Cannot delete
file:'

Can someone help delete these unused folders please

Thanks

Simon

[Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE]]

Hello Simon,
Make sure disable replication from both sides , then remove the
targets\links from dfs, unshare the folders, then delete
Hope this helps,
--
Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]

Post by Simon
Hi
I think this is quite a common problem...
Anyway i have deleted the dfs replication links within the DFS mmc but when
i try to delete the folders from my directory i get the error 'cannot remove
folder xxxx: cannot find the specified file' and i also get 'Cannot delete
file:'
Can someone help delete these unused folders please
Thanks
Simon

[Simon]

Thanks for your prompt reply

Dfs has been disable at both sides. I have checked the targets/links in dfs
and unshared the folder and still no joy!

Post by Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE]
Hello Simon,
Make sure disable replication from both sides , then remove the
targets\links from dfs, unshare the folders, then delete
Hope this helps,
--
Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]

Post by Simon
Hi
I think this is quite a common problem...
Anyway i have deleted the dfs replication links within the DFS mmc but when
i try to delete the folders from my directory i get the error 'cannot remove
folder xxxx: cannot find the specified file' and i also get 'Cannot delete
file:'
Can someone help delete these unused folders please
Thanks
Simon

[Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE]]

Hello,
Do you have the proper permissions on the folder? Check the permissions and
and make sure you have full control. You can also make sure there are no
replicas of the folders still in dfs. to do this export dfs and search for
the removed targets\links

dfsutil /root:\\<domain name>\<dfs root name> /export:<domain name>.XML.DFS


Isaac
--
Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]

Post by Simon
Thanks for your prompt reply
Dfs has been disable at both sides. I have checked the targets/links in dfs
and unshared the folder and still no joy!

Post by Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE]
Hello Simon,
Make sure disable replication from both sides , then remove the
targets\links from dfs, unshare the folders, then delete
Hope this helps,
--
Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]

Post by Simon
Hi
I think this is quite a common problem...
Anyway i have deleted the dfs replication links within the DFS mmc but when
i try to delete the folders from my directory i get the error 'cannot remove
folder xxxx: cannot find the specified file' and i also get 'Cannot delete
file:'
Can someone help delete these unused folders please
Thanks
Simon