Microsoft KB Archive/193970

= FP98: HTTP Error 404 Opening Deleted Web =

Article ID: 193970

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q193970



For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 143324.



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Web in FrontPage Explorer, you receive the following error message:

HTTP error 404. The server may not have the FrontPage Server Extensions installed or may be misconfigured, you may have specified an invalid proxy server, or the Web you are accessing may have been deleted.



CAUSE
You deleted your Web from File Manager or Windows Explorer instead of from FrontPage Explorer.

When you click List Webs in the Open Web dialog box, FrontPage Explorer retrieves the list of Webs from the Services.cnf file located in the :\ \_vti_pvt folder (where is the location of the Web server's root content and  is the drive where the Web server content resides). This file is updated when you delete your Web using FrontPage Explorer; it is not updated when you use File Manager or Windows Explorer to delete Webs.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, use the appropriate method for your situation.

Method 1: Delete the Web
To delete a Web, click Delete FrontPage Web on the File menu in FrontPage Explorer.

You cannot delete a Web that you cannot open. To work around this situation, create a folder using the same name as the deleted Web in the Content folder, open the Web (it will be empty) in FrontPage Explorer, and then delete the Web.

Method 2: Edit the Services.cnf file
Using a text editor, such as Notepad, edit the Services.cnf file in the :\ \_vti_pvt folder (where is the location of the Web server's root content and  is the drive where the Web server content resides), and then remove the line that references the deleted Web path.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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