Microsoft KB Archive/264761

= FP98: Server Error When You Create a Web =

Article ID: 264761

Article Last Modified on 8/27/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264761



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to create a Microsoft FrontPage web, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

Server error: creating web 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\version3.0\isapi\_vti_bin\_vti_adm\admin.dll is not a file, please check frontpage root setting.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the permissions for the admin.dll file are not correct.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders.
 * 2) Type admin.dll in the Search for files or folders named box.
 * 3) In the Look in box, select the drive on which Microsoft Windows NT is located, and then click Search Now.
 * 4) Right-click admin.dll.
 * 5) Click Properties on the shortcut menu.
 * 6) Click the Security tab, and then click the Permissions button.
 * 7) In the Name box, check to ensure that the EVERYONE, or at least INTERACTIVE, NETWORK, and SYSTEM, is listed.
 * 8) If any of the names listed in step 7 are not present, click Add.
 * 9) Select INTERACTIVE (if required), and then click Add.
 * 10) Repeat step 9 for NETWORK and SYSTEM, and then click OK.
 * 11) In the Name box, click INTERACTIVE.
 * 12) Under Allow, click to select the Read check box.
 * 13) Repeat steps 11 and 12 for NETWORK.
 * 14) In the Name box, click SYSTEM.
 * 15) Ensure that all check boxes are selected under Allow, and then click OK.

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