Microsoft KB Archive/892747

= You receive the &quot;You specified identical destination file names for some of the files you are trying to copy&quot; error message in FrontPage 2002 =

Article ID: 892747

Article Last Modified on 2/7/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
You may experience one or more of the following symptoms in Microsoft FrontPage 2002:  When you view the folder list for a remote Web site by using Front Page 2002, some files or folders appear more than one time. When you press F5 to update the folder list, more duplicate files or folders may appear. When you reverse publish from your remote Web site to your local Web site, you receive the following error message:

You specified identical destination file names for some of the files you are trying to copy. Make sure all destination files have unique names and try again.





CAUSE
This issue occurs when some of the FrontPage 2002 cache and temporary files are corrupted..



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.  Clear the temporary Internet files by using Microsoft Internet Explorer. To do this, follow these steps:  Start Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.</li> Under Temporary Internet files, click Delete files, and then click OK to confirm that you want to delete the temporary Internet files.</li> Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.</li></ol> </li> Delete all the *.web files in the Web Server Extensions cache folder. To do this, follow these steps.

Note The *.web files are created by Microsoft FrontPage to store metadata that is used to communicate with a Web site. When you delete these files, FrontPage creates new versions of these files as they are required. <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Click Start, click Run, type %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Web Server Extensions\Cache in the Open box, and then click OK.</li> On the Edit menu, click Select All.</li> On the File menu, click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the files.</li></ol> </li> Delete all FrontPageTempDir folders. To do this, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Click Start, and then click Search.</li> Click All files and folders.</li> In All or part of the file name box, type Frontpagetempdir .</li> Click More advanced options, and then click to select any one of the following options that are not already selected:  Search system folders</li> Search hidden files and folders</li> Search subfolders</li></ul> </li> Click Search, and then wait for the search to finish.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, click Select All.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Delete, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the folders.</li></ol> </li></ol>

Additional query words: FrontPage Front Page Temp Cache Web Corrupt

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbprb KB892747

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