Microsoft KB Archive/318404

= XADM: Error Message: An Invalid ADSI Pathname Was Passed =

Article ID: 318404

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q318404





SYMPTOMS
When you create a mailbox store policy or a public folder store policy named &quot;\/&quot; (without the quotation marks), you may not be able to rename or delete this policy. When you attempt to rename or delete this policy, you may receive the following error message:

An invalid ADSI pathname was passed.

ID no: 80005000

Exchange System Manager

NOTE: In some scenarios, you may receive this error message when you attempt to create a policy that has this name.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you run Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server editions up to and including Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (SP3) on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based computer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.



MORE INFORMATION
The expected behavior is that you can rename or delete a policy object that is named &quot;\/&quot; or that you can prevent the creation of an object that uses these special characters.

Additional query words: exc2kp2w &quot;\/&quot; \/

Keywords: kbbug kbexchange2000sp3fix kbpending KB318404

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