Microsoft KB Archive/288399

= Error Message Occurs When You Create a Distributed File System Root =

Article ID: 288399

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q288399



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Distributed File System (DFS) Wizard to create a new DFS root, you may receive the following error message when the wizard is finished:

The following error occurred while creating DFS root. Cannot create a file when that file already exists.



CAUSE
This issue can occur if DFS information from a previous DFS root configuration is still contained in the registry of this computer.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the Dfsutil.exe tool to clear the DFS information in the registry. Use the following command to clear invalid DFS information from the registry:

dfsutil /clean: 



MORE INFORMATION
To install the Dfsutil tool, install Support Tools from the Support\Tools folder on the Windows 2000 installation CD-ROM.

Keywords: kbdfs kberrmsg kbprb KB288399

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